Where is liberty when it comes to the American farmer?

Vernon Hugh Bowman, a 75-year-old Indiana soybean farmer, speaks with reporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, after justices heard oral arguments between Bowman and high-tech agriculture company Monsanto Co. that produces genetically engineered and patented seeds. The case is to consider whether Bowman violated Monsanto’s patents when he planted an unmarked mix of soybeans that he bought from a grain elevator and that is often used for feed. At rear is Bowman's lawyer, Mark Walters. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Monsanto has a monopoly on seeds in the USA. They demand that farmers have to repurchase their seeds from year to year to insure their hold on the market. To hold onto the market share they chronically bioengineer seeds.

by GARY CHITTIM / KING 5 News
Posted on February 26, 2013 at 12:12 PM

...Rancher Maurice Robinette of the Lazy R Ranch near Spokane is watching this case on the other side other side of the country. (click here)

Robinette, a cattle rancher, also has a beef with Monsanto. He markets his cattle as GMO free and feeds them only GMO-free alfalfa grown on his ranch. But he is concerned that if a neighbor decides to use Monsanto's GMO 'Roundup Ready' seeds, they could blow into his field. Robinette said if that happens, he could lose his GMO-free status.

We contacted Monsanto about those concerns and a spokesman told there has never been a case when a farmer or rancher lost 'Organic' or 'GMO Free' status because of Monsanto seeds invading their fields. The entire Monsanto statement is printed below.

Walters said the Supreme Court Justices peppered him with hard questions but they seemed to understand the plight of the small farmer who cannot afford top priced seed for all off-season crops....

The idea there has never been loss of status by a farmer of a certification does not mean it won't happen. It is an argument that should be vacated by the Supreme Court. It will happen. Food Cooperatives in the USA are a larger and larger piece of the market share in the USA and they have a contract too. Their contract is with their memberships to guarantee they are purchasing the foods they seek as pure to their health.

"I am not aware that any producer has ever lost organic certification as a result of the inadvertent presence of seed or pollen from genetically modified crops, alfalfa or otherwise.   We believe farmers should have the opportunity to select the production method of their choice – whether that be organic, conventional or the improved seeds developed using biotechnology. All three production systems contribute to meeting the needs of consumers.  Since the advent of biotech crops over 15 years ago, both biotech and organic crop production have flourished. We have no reason to think that will not continue to be the case."

It is not a valid argument. It is based in dominating the American diet. Monsanto has out lasted its usefulness.

Published on Thursday, January 3, 2013 by Common Dreams

In 2013, Our Fight Against GMO Food Continues (click here)

by Ronnie Cummins

On November 6, in the wake of one of the most expensive and scurrilous smear campaigns in history, six million voters scared the hell out of Monsanto and Big Food Inc. by coming within a razor’s edge of passing the first statewide mandatory labeling law for genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Prop 37, a citizens’ ballot initiative that would have required the mandatory labeling of billions of dollars of genetically engineered (GE) foods and put an end to the routine industry practice of fraudulently marketing GE-tainted foods as “natural” or “all natural,” lost by a narrow margin of 48.6% to 51.4%. Opponents couldn’t claim anything close to a landslide, even though they outspent the pro-labeling campaign almost six to one.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) immediately put a happy face on the narrow victory, repeating its tired old propaganda in a public statement: “Proposition 37 was a deeply flawed measure that would have resulted in higher food costs, frivolous lawsuits and increased state bureaucracies. This is a big win for California consumers, taxpayers, business and farmers.”...

The reason food cooperatives are gaining ground in market share is because the definition of organic and other certifications are not well defined. So, the food cooperatives are setting their own standards such as "GMO Free."

Genetically Modified Seafood: Whole Food, Trader Joe's and Others Vow Not to Sell GMO Fish (click here)

Reuters  |  Posted: 03/20/2013 12:00 am EDT
By Lisa Baertlein

March 20 (Reuters) - Whole Foods Market Inc, Trader Joe's and other food retailers representing more than 2,000 U.S. stores have vowed not to sell genetically engineered seafood if it is approved in the United States, a new advocacy group said on Wednesday.

The announcement from the Campaign for Genetically Engineered-Free Seafood comes as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration appears close to approving genetically engineered salmon from Massachusetts-based AquaBounty Technologies.

If it gets final approval from the Food and Drug Administration, the salmon would be the first genetically engineered animal to enter this country's human food supply. The United States already is the world's largest market for foods made with genetically altered plant ingredients....

Wall Street is involved with the definitions of GMO labeled foods. It is corruption. People have a right to know what they are eating.

The Supreme Court will rule on the 'contract' of Monsanto and the real body of the case. The STRICT CONSTRUCTIONISTS will throw out the real issues and focus solely on the WORDS of law.

The USA Farmer is expected to be the loser.