Well said...
Just to add to that, regarding patents:
Those who go on about 'large multinational biotechs' and patenting, often seem to forget that plant breeders rights are generally held by large multinational biotech companies! Just look through some recomended crop lists if you don't believe that. PBRs are arguably as, or more restrictive than patents; do people (as seems to be the case) really believe that farm-saved seed can legally be used for free by farmers? If not, why the fuss about terminator genes?

There are free alternatives to GMs and varieties under PBR. There is a reason why farmers don't generally grow them.
(silene, Thu 8 Mar 2012, 10:01, Reply)