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Malcom \Mal\ Reynolds Malcom \Mal\ Reynolds is offline
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Default proposed California law to hurt foodies and the poor

In article >, "Jean B." > wrote:

> Doug Freyburger wrote:
> > Sqwertz wrote:
> >> Keep in mind that this has all come about because a significant number
> >> of people do not WANT GMO foods in the first place. The big
> >> conglomerates just don't want to spend the money to accommodate them
> >> or lose a portion of the market share by not doing so. They don't
> >> have to change a thing of they don't want to. They're just don't want
> >> to give up market share to smaller farmers who do cater the non-GMO
> >> crowd.

> >
> > It's the organic thing over again. Organic products are more expensive.
> > Some who want them are willing to pay more. To the extent that GMO
> > products cost less the price difference will matter. I don't know if
> > the productivity of GMO crops is high enough to make often price
> > difference to matter. Eventually they will be for the same reason the
> > "green revolution" happened.
> >
> > My current objection to GMO products is the corporate tactics of the
> > companies sueing farmers for keeping some of their seed for the next
> > year as has been done since the invention of argiculture.

>
> How about suing farmers when the GMO material drifts into their
> fields?


under tort law, that amounts to trespassing and is actionable