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Goya Says Some Bean Sales Have Jumped 400 Percent By Nikita Richardson 03/23/2020 Even before the coronavirus forced millions of people to bulk up their pantries and shelter in place, bean consumption in the U.S. had risen by 73 percent in just five years. Now, that figure is surging even higher. As the New York Times reported over the weekend [BELOW], people are stocking up on beans both canned and dried because theyre affordable, nutritious, and keep for a long time. Representatives at Goya Foods told the paper that sales of black beans, pinto beans, and other canned goods have spiked by as much as 400 percent and last week, the company shipped 24 million cans to retailers. Meanwhile, the much smaller Rancho Gordo, best known for its heirloom bean club, has seen sales go from 150 to 200 orders per day to 1,400 to 1,700 orders per day. The company now has a three-to-four week shipping backlog. But as Steve Sando of Rancho Gordo told the Times, this sales spike, though much appreciated, isnt exactly a cause for celebration. Im taking no joy in this, to be honest, he told the paper.. Its born out of fear... MO https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/b...ans-sales.html A Boom Time for the Bean Industry Its just shocking, one bean supplier said. I used to be the loneliest man at the farmers market. By David Yaffe-Bellany March 22, 2020 "Tim McGreevy has worked in the bean business for more than 30 years. But when he scanned the bean aisles at a grocery store in Pullman, Wash., on Sunday, he saw something he had never seen befo empty shelves. In one sense, this is like my best dream, said Mr. McGreevy, who runs a trade group for producers and packagers of pulses, a category of legumes that includes beans. In another sense, you go, "Wow, this is pretty serious. As the coronavirus pandemic upends daily life across the United States, Americans are filling their pantries with long-lasting essentials pasta, rice, canned meat, even oat milk. But amid all the panic shopping, the growing demand for beans has stood out as an especially potent symbol of the anxious and uncertain times. At supermarkets, shoppers are stocking up on canned beans from familiar brands like Goya Foods, as well as thick bags of dry beans that usually lie largely untouched on store shelves. To some suppliers, the sudden popularity of their once-unfashionable beans feels a little surreal. No one ever cares about beans at all, said Steve Sando, who runs the heirloom bean supplier Rancho Gordo in the Napa Valley. Its just shocking. I used to be the loneliest man at the farmers market. In recent weeks, the buying frenzy has extended to the entire pulses family, including lentils, dry peas and chickpeas as well as beans. Across the industry, canners and packagers have seen a 40 percent increase in sales, Mr. McGreevy said. At Goya, the increase has been even more dramatic: Sales of black beans, pinto beans and other canned products have spiked as much as 400 percent. In the last week, Goya has delivered 24 million cans to retailers. Ive seen earthquakes and hurricanes. This is the first time Ive seen this, said Bob Unanue, the companys president. This is a tsunami, this is a hurricane thats not hitting one market. Its hitting all markets. Many canners and packagers are hiring staff or adding shifts to meet the surge in demand. Typically, Rancho Gordo receives 150 to 200 orders a day for its specialty beans. On March 14, the company received 1,669 orders. The next day, it recorded an additional 1,450. Were not set up for this at all, Mr. Sando said. At his warehouse, Mr. Sando has instituted a night shift, hiring a handful of workers from a temporary agency to help out. He has told customers to expect delays as long as three or four weeks in fulfilling orders. Some mornings, he said, he wakes up to find that the company has already sold as many beans as it would normally sell in an entire day. Im taking no joy in this, to be honest, Mr. Sando said. Its born out of fear. I mean, I love the sales. But food should be something you feel good about. In many ways, pulses are the perfect food for a time of mass anxiety. They are cheap and nutritious. And some products can sit in a pantry for as long as two years. They have found lentils in Egyptian tombs and theyve still sprouted, Mr. McGreevy said. Now, Im not recommending you consume lentils from Egyptian times. But these are really shelf-stable foods. For years, however, beans of all varieties have gotten a bad rap. Some people still associate them with the Great Depression. The food and agriculture branch of the United Nations warns that many kids hate the "mushy texture. And an entire childrens book has been devoted to the scourge of lima beans. But beans were beginning to grow more popular even before the coronavirus. Some environmentally conscious consumers are turning to beans as an alterative to meat, and home cooks have increasingly embraced them. After dipping in the early 2000s, the consumption of dry beans in the United States has risen in recent years, to 9.6 pounds in 2018 from 7.2 pounds per capita in 2015, according to government estimates. A few years ago, Mr. Sando started a bean club in which members could receive special bean shipments every three months for a subscription fee. It was meant to be a joke. Were in Napa, and I thought, "Oh, wine club lets do a bean club, he said. Now it has a waiting list of more than 8,000 names. On Twitter, bean aficionados have offered to help novice cooks figure out how to prepare the legumes, sharing recipes and tips. There are a lot of new people who are kind of freaked out, Mr. Sando said. Its pretty easy. You cook them till theyre done. At the beginning of March, Luke Winkie, a freelance journalist in Brooklyn, bought a few bags of dry beans. It seemed like a sensible purchase. Only he had no idea what to do with them. So he did a little online research. Its like a two-day process, he said. Its so far from the easy utilitarian thing I was expecting. On Monday, Mr. Winkie, 28, cooked some dry white beans, which he had salvaged from a failed attempt the previous night to prepare a bean and chicken dish. The beans were not good, said Rebecca Jennings, a 27-year-old journalist and Mr. Winkies girlfriend. No one just eats a bowl of beans. Professional chefs have long appreciated beans for their versatility. They can go in soups and salads. They pair well with chicken, lamb and other meats. And they can be cooked intact or mashed together. Drain them, mash them up, put olive oil in or butter, heat it up its delicious, said Georgeanne Brennan, the author of the cookbook French Beans. Its kind of a learning opportunity now with these people who are hoarding the beans to have some pretty great new discoveries. Still, some people whose pandemic pantries are overflowing with beans are not looking forward to actually eating them. Lupita Medina, an 18-year-old from Utah, was surprised to see her mother buy canned beans to prepare for the outbreak. I dont think I have ever had them, Ms. Medina said. Hard pass... David Yaffe-Bellany reports on the food industry and general business news. He graduated from Yale University and previously reported in Texas, Ohio and Connecticut. @yaffebellany </> |
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On Monday, March 23, 2020 at 6:57:01 AM UTC-10, GM wrote:
> https://www.grubstreet.com/2020/03/b...ronavirus.html > > > Goya Says Some Bean Sales Have Jumped 400 Percent > > By Nikita Richardson 03/23/2020 > > Even before the coronavirus forced millions of people to bulk up their pantries and shelter in place, bean consumption in the U.S. had risen by 73 percent in just five years. > > Now, that figure is surging even higher. As the New York Times reported over the weekend [BELOW], people are stocking up on beans both canned and dried because theyre affordable, nutritious, and keep for a long time. Representatives at Goya Foods told the paper that sales of black beans, pinto beans, and other canned goods have spiked by as much as 400 percent and last week, the company shipped 24 million cans to retailers. > > Meanwhile, the much smaller Rancho Gordo, best known for its heirloom bean club, has seen sales go from 150 to 200 orders per day to 1,400 to 1,700 orders per day. The company now has a three-to-four week shipping backlog. > > But as Steve Sando of Rancho Gordo told the Times, this sales spike, though much appreciated, isnt exactly a cause for celebration. Im taking no joy in this, to be honest, he told the paper. Its born out of fear... > > MO > > https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/b...ans-sales.html > > A Boom Time for the Bean Industry > > Its just shocking, one bean supplier said. I used to be the loneliest man at the farmers market. > > By David Yaffe-Bellany > March 22, 2020 > > "Tim McGreevy has worked in the bean business for more than 30 years. But when he scanned the bean aisles at a grocery store in Pullman, Wash., on Sunday, he saw something he had never seen befo empty shelves. > > In one sense, this is like my best dream, said Mr. McGreevy, who runs a trade group for producers and packagers of pulses, a category of legumes that includes beans. In another sense, you go, "Wow, this is pretty serious. > > As the coronavirus pandemic upends daily life across the United States, Americans are filling their pantries with long-lasting essentials pasta, rice, canned meat, even oat milk. > > But amid all the panic shopping, the growing demand for beans has stood out as an especially potent symbol of the anxious and uncertain times. At supermarkets, shoppers are stocking up on canned beans from familiar brands like Goya Foods, as well as thick bags of dry beans that usually lie largely untouched on store shelves. > > To some suppliers, the sudden popularity of their once-unfashionable beans feels a little surreal. > > > No one ever cares about beans at all, said Steve Sando, who runs the heirloom bean supplier Rancho Gordo in the Napa Valley. Its just shocking. I used to be the loneliest man at the farmers market. > > In recent weeks, the buying frenzy has extended to the entire pulses family, including lentils, dry peas and chickpeas as well as beans. Across the industry, canners and packagers have seen a 40 percent increase in sales, Mr. McGreevy said. > > > At Goya, the increase has been even more dramatic: Sales of black beans, pinto beans and other canned products have spiked as much as 400 percent. In the last week, Goya has delivered 24 million cans to retailers. > > Ive seen earthquakes and hurricanes. This is the first time Ive seen this, said Bob Unanue, the companys president. This is a tsunami, this is a hurricane thats not hitting one market. Its hitting all markets. > > > Many canners and packagers are hiring staff or adding shifts to meet the surge in demand. Typically, Rancho Gordo receives 150 to 200 orders a day for its specialty beans. On March 14, the company received 1,669 orders. The next day, it recorded an additional 1,450. Were not set up for this at all, Mr. Sando said. > > At his warehouse, Mr. Sando has instituted a night shift, hiring a handful of workers from a temporary agency to help out. He has told customers to expect delays as long as three or four weeks in fulfilling orders. Some mornings, he said, he wakes up to find that the company has already sold as many beans as it would normally sell in an entire day. > > > Im taking no joy in this, to be honest, Mr. Sando said. Its born out of fear. I mean, I love the sales. But food should be something you feel good about. > > In many ways, pulses are the perfect food for a time of mass anxiety. They are cheap and nutritious. And some products can sit in a pantry for as long as two years. > > They have found lentils in Egyptian tombs and theyve still sprouted, Mr. McGreevy said. Now, Im not recommending you consume lentils from Egyptian times. But these are really shelf-stable foods. > > For years, however, beans of all varieties have gotten a bad rap. Some people still associate them with the Great Depression. The food and agriculture branch of the United Nations warns that many kids hate the "mushy texture. And an entire childrens book has been devoted to the scourge of lima beans. > > But beans were beginning to grow more popular even before the coronavirus.. Some environmentally conscious consumers are turning to beans as an alterative to meat, and home cooks have increasingly embraced them. After dipping in the early 2000s, the consumption of dry beans in the United States has risen in recent years, to 9.6 pounds in 2018 from 7.2 pounds per capita in 2015, according to government estimates. > > A few years ago, Mr. Sando started a bean club in which members could receive special bean shipments every three months for a subscription fee. It was meant to be a joke. Were in Napa, and I thought, "Oh, wine club lets do a bean club, he said. Now it has a waiting list of more than 8,000 names. > > > On Twitter, bean aficionados have offered to help novice cooks figure out how to prepare the legumes, sharing recipes and tips. There are a lot of new people who are kind of freaked out, Mr. Sando said. Its pretty easy. You cook them till theyre done. > > At the beginning of March, Luke Winkie, a freelance journalist in Brooklyn, bought a few bags of dry beans. It seemed like a sensible purchase. Only he had no idea what to do with them. > > So he did a little online research. Its like a two-day process, he said. Its so far from the easy utilitarian thing I was expecting. On Monday, Mr. Winkie, 28, cooked some dry white beans, which he had salvaged from a failed attempt the previous night to prepare a bean and chicken dish. The beans were not good, said Rebecca Jennings, a 27-year-old journalist and Mr. Winkies girlfriend. No one just eats a bowl of beans. > > Professional chefs have long appreciated beans for their versatility. They can go in soups and salads. They pair well with chicken, lamb and other meats. And they can be cooked intact or mashed together. > > Drain them, mash them up, put olive oil in or butter, heat it up its delicious, said Georgeanne Brennan, the author of the cookbook French Beans. Its kind of a learning opportunity now with these people who are hoarding the beans to have some pretty great new discoveries. > > Still, some people whose pandemic pantries are overflowing with beans are not looking forward to actually eating them. Lupita Medina, an 18-year-old from Utah, was surprised to see her mother buy canned beans to prepare for the outbreak. > > I dont think I have ever had them, Ms. Medina said. Hard pass... > > David Yaffe-Bellany reports on the food industry and general business news. He graduated from Yale University and previously reported in Texas, Ohio and Connecticut. @yaffebellany > > </> Beans are poor people food. Poor people food will be a growth industry. Welcome to the new norm. |
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On 2020-03-23 1:32 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
>> David Yaffe-Bellany reports on the food industry and general business news. He graduated from Yale University and previously reported in Texas, Ohio and Connecticut. @yaffebellany >> >> </> > > Beans are poor people food. Poor people food will be a growth industry. Welcome to the new norm. > When the rich people start buying them the poor people won't be able to afford them. |
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On Monday, March 23, 2020 at 7:34:45 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2020-03-23 1:32 p.m., dsi1 wrote: > > >> David Yaffe-Bellany reports on the food industry and general business news. He graduated from Yale University and previously reported in Texas, Ohio and Connecticut. @yaffebellany > >> > >> </> > > > > Beans are poor people food. Poor people food will be a growth industry. Welcome to the new norm. > > > > When the rich people start buying them the poor people won't be able to > afford them. The rich eating beans? Surely you jest, sir. What flavor Kool-aid do you think they'd serve with their beans? |
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dsi1 wrote :
> On Monday, March 23, 2020 at 7:34:45 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote: >> On 2020-03-23 1:32 p.m., dsi1 wrote: >> >>>> David Yaffe-Bellany reports on the food industry and general business >>>> news. He graduated from Yale University and previously reported in Texas, >>>> Ohio and Connecticut. @yaffebellany >>>> >>>> </> >>> >>> Beans are poor people food. Poor people food will be a growth industry. >>> Welcome to the new norm. >>> >> >> When the rich people start buying them the poor people won't be able to >> afford them. > > The rich eating beans? Surely you jest, sir. What flavor Kool-aid do you > think they'd serve with their beans? > https://funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/442954/Purple/ |
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On 2020-03-23 11:34 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2020-03-23 1:32 p.m., dsi1 wrote: > >>> David Yaffe-Bellany reports on the food industry and general business >>> news. He graduated from Yale University and previously reported in >>> Texas, Ohio and Connecticut. @yaffebellany >>> >>> </> >> >> Beans are poor people food. Poor people food will be a growth >> industry. Welcome to the new norm. >> > > When the rich people start buying them the poor people won't be able to > afford them. > > Remember that a few years ago, poor Mexican farmers were exporting beans to the US. Some ******* of an American registered the variety and then demanded licence fees from the farmers. |
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GM wrote:
.... > Goya Says Some Bean Sales Have Jumped 400 Percent .... all interesting. :) i'll still be planting and growing as many different varieties as i can this season along with my other planned experimental lines. i was hoping to limit my planting to 30 different varieties but i think it's going to be tough to hold to that. i do not do mail-order sales of what i grow for bulk i'm more geared towards giving away seeds to other gardeners so they can grow their own. the best place to find me is at the seed swap in late winter which is already past. the local library has a seed library for patrons to donate to and to use. see if your local library has one or encourage them to set one up. on the schedule in April at the local library is a presentation by a seed saver but i'm not sure that will go on. if it does i plan on being there and will give away seeds to anyone who wants them. :) this year i also hope to get more peas going. i had an excellent crop last year and now have a bunch more new varieties to try out. i gave away almost all of the peas i took with me at the seed swap. even during this panic and after it has passed i'll still be doing what i love to do. gardening. beans are a lot of fun. :) songbird |
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On 2020-03-23 2:24 p.m., graham wrote:
> On 2020-03-23 11:34 a.m., Dave Smith wrote: >>> Beans are poor people food. Poor people food will be a growth >>> industry. Welcome to the new norm. >>> >> >> When the rich people start buying them the poor people won't be able >> to afford them. >> >> > Remember that a few years ago, poor Mexican farmers were exporting beans > to the US. Some ******* of an American registered the variety and then > demanded licence fees from the farmers. That sort of stuff has been going on for a long time. It is the same sort of mind set that sees companies licensing grain seed instead of selling it outright. We have discussed the case of Monsanto going after a farmer who harvested and planted Roundup resistant wheat that was growing on his property. Then there is Disney protecting <?> its<?> characters like Ariel the little mermaid. Seems to me that Hans Christian Andersen invented that character a long time before Disney appropriated it. A friend of mine was trying to get into the movie writing business and one of his projects became a movie. I was quite familiar with the story because we had been discussing it for months. He had written it with the idea that my nephew would play the lead role. One night I saw the movie on TV and called to congratulate him, but it was not his movie. Writing create was taken by a well known writer and a very famous lawyer and one of the parties had worked for a company to which he had sent his treatment. He wanted to sue but was warned that it could get him black balled in the business, plus the guy being a very famous lawyer. |
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On 2020-03-23 2:28 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2020-03-23 2:24 p.m., graham wrote: >> On 2020-03-23 11:34 a.m., Dave Smith wrote: > >>>> Beans are poor people food. Poor people food will be a growth >>>> industry. Welcome to the new norm. >>>> >>> >>> When the rich people start buying them the poor people won't be able >>> to afford them. >>> >>> >> Remember that a few years ago, poor Mexican farmers were exporting >> beans to the US. Some ******* of an American registered the variety >> and then demanded licence fees from the farmers. > > > That sort of stuff has been going on for a long time. It is the same > sort of mind set that sees companies licensing grain seed instead of > selling it outright. We have discussed the case of Monsanto going after > a farmer who harvested and planted Roundup resistant wheat that was > growing on his property. The farmer said it had blown onto his property. Yeah, right! Monsanto reckoned he'd saved seed from the previous year and wanted to get out of paying the licence fee. I think Monsanto was correct! |
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On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:28:51 -0600, graham > wrote:
>On 2020-03-23 2:28 p.m., Dave Smith wrote: >> On 2020-03-23 2:24 p.m., graham wrote: >>>> >>> Remember that a few years ago, poor Mexican farmers were exporting >>> beans to the US. Some ******* of an American registered the variety >>> and then demanded licence fees from the farmers. >> >> >> That sort of stuff has been going on for a long time. It is the same >> sort of mind set that sees companies licensing grain seed instead of >> selling it outright. We have discussed the case of Monsanto going after >> a farmer who harvested and planted Roundup resistant wheat that was >> growing on his property. > >The farmer said it had blown onto his property. Yeah, right! Monsanto >reckoned he'd saved seed from the previous year and wanted to get out of >paying the licence fee. I think Monsanto was correct! Monsanto correct? Are you nuts? Monsanto is a criminal organisation. |
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On 2020-03-23 5:28 p.m., graham wrote:
>> That sort of stuff has been going on for a long time. It is the same >> sort of mind set that sees companies licensing grain seed instead of >> selling it outright. We have discussed the case of Monsanto going >> after a farmer who harvested and planted Roundup resistant wheat that >> was growing on his property. > > The farmer said it had blown onto his property. Yeah, right! Monsanto > reckoned he'd saved seed from the previous year and wanted to get out of > paying the licence fee. I think Monsanto was correct! The source of the contamination was unclear. The farmer was a canola breeder and he argued that he had planted only his own seed. The ruling for Monsanto was 5-4. The farmer did not have to pay any damages and therefore did not have to pay any of their court costs. For thousands of years farmers have been buying seed and then using a portion of their crop to re-seed the next year. Now Monsanto had changed the rules of farming by prohibiting from saving a portion of their crop to plant the next crop. |
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On 2020-03-23 3:43 p.m., Bruce wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:28:51 -0600, graham > wrote: > >> On 2020-03-23 2:28 p.m., Dave Smith wrote: >>> On 2020-03-23 2:24 p.m., graham wrote: >>>>> >>>> Remember that a few years ago, poor Mexican farmers were exporting >>>> beans to the US. Some ******* of an American registered the variety >>>> and then demanded licence fees from the farmers. >>> >>> >>> That sort of stuff has been going on for a long time. It is the same >>> sort of mind set that sees companies licensing grain seed instead of >>> selling it outright. We have discussed the case of Monsanto going after >>> a farmer who harvested and planted Roundup resistant wheat that was >>> growing on his property. >> >> The farmer said it had blown onto his property. Yeah, right! Monsanto >> reckoned he'd saved seed from the previous year and wanted to get out of >> paying the licence fee. I think Monsanto was correct! > > Monsanto correct? Are you nuts? Monsanto is a criminal organisation. > Now owned by Bayer. I don't like 'em either but a contract is a contract and that farmer thought he was being clever. |
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On 2020-03-23 3:57 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2020-03-23 5:28 p.m., graham wrote: > >>> That sort of stuff has been going on for a long time. It is the same >>> sort of mind set that sees companies licensing grain seed instead of >>> selling it outright. We have discussed the case of Monsanto going >>> after a farmer who harvested and planted Roundup resistant wheat that >>> was growing on his property. >> >> The farmer said it had blown onto his property. Yeah, right! Monsanto >> reckoned he'd saved seed from the previous year and wanted to get out >> of paying the licence fee. I think Monsanto was correct! > > > > The source of the contamination was unclear.Β* The farmer was a canola > breeder and he argued that he had planted only his own seed. The ruling > for Monsanto was 5-4. The farmer did not have to pay any damages and > therefore did not have to pay any of their court costs. > > > For thousands of years farmers have been buying seed and then using a > portion of their crop to re-seed the next year. Now Monsanto had changed > the rules of farming by prohibiting from saving a portion of their crop > to plant the next crop. > > > The farmer maintained it had blown on to his land. It would have taken a hurricane to do that! He grew Monsanto seed the previous year and thought he could get around the contract by planting saved seed. I don't like Monsanto but he had a contract with them and tried to get around it! |
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On 2020-03-23 6:28 p.m., graham wrote:
> On 2020-03-23 3:57 p.m., Dave Smith wrote: >> For thousands of years farmers have been buying seed and then using a >> portion of their crop to re-seed the next year. Now Monsanto had >> changed the rules of farming by prohibiting from saving a portion of >> their crop to plant the next crop. >> >> >> > The farmer maintained it had blown on to his land. It would have taken a > hurricane to do that! He grew Monsanto seed the previous year and > thought he could get around the contract by planting saved seed. I don't > like Monsanto but he had a contract with them and tried to get around it! It was never established that he had planted the original Roundup resistant seed on his property. The Roundup resistant strain had only been introduced the year before. He claimed it was growing alongside the road and he had sprayed it in the early spring and it survived. He later harvested it and kept it separate to do a test for the next year's crop. He had argued that the seeds had landed on his property so they were his. I could not find anything that showed that he had bought and licensed the seed from Monsanto. |
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On Monday, March 23, 2020 at 5:43:26 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:28:51 -0600, graham > wrote: > > >On 2020-03-23 2:28 p.m., Dave Smith wrote: > >> On 2020-03-23 2:24 p.m., graham wrote: > >>>> > >>> Remember that a few years ago, poor Mexican farmers were exporting > >>> beans to the US. Some ******* of an American registered the variety > >>> and then demanded licence fees from the farmers. > >> > >> > >> That sort of stuff has been going on for a long time. It is the same > >> sort of mind set that sees companies licensing grain seed instead of > >> selling it outright. We have discussed the case of Monsanto going after > >> a farmer who harvested and planted Roundup resistant wheat that was > >> growing on his property. > > > >The farmer said it had blown onto his property. Yeah, right! Monsanto > >reckoned he'd saved seed from the previous year and wanted to get out of > >paying the licence fee. I think Monsanto was correct! > > Monsanto correct? Are you nuts? Monsanto is a criminal organisation. The two are not mutually exclusive. Cindy Hamilton |
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