Source: Dave Fuller – Opinion 250
Percy had been growing Canola or rapeseed as it was then known for 40 years and when Monsanto accused him of patent infringement. Percy chose to go to court rather than pay what Monsanto was asking. Percy argued that the seeds had blown into his field from the road and adjacent fields. The fight ended up in the Supreme Court of Canada with Percy not having to pay Monsanto but Monsanto patent being held up as valid.

In my interview with Percy he told about how farming has changed in the 50 years that he as farmed. How now farmers must pay for their seed and cannot save their seed from year to year when buying GMO seed. How these new seeds don’t grow without adding the right fertilizers, how farmers are giving up their rights to sue, just by opening a bag of Monsanto’s seed and how “Monsanto’s Police” ex RCMP officers are harassing farmers and turning the prairies into a state where neighbor doesn’t trust neighbor. Where farmers are going broke because of the input costs associated with farming. [more]