2-6 IAN Monsanto

The Supreme Court Denies Family Farmers the Right to Self-Defense from Monsanto Abuse. The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a decision in a landmark federal lawsuit, Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association et al v. Monsanto. Farmers were denied the right to argue their case in court and gain protection from potential abuse by the agrichemical and genetic engineering giant Monsanto. Additionally, the high court decision dashes the hopes of family farmers who sought the opportunity to prove in court Monsanto's genetically engineered seed patents are invalid. Any time you put organic growers in the same ring with a company such as Monsanto, there are bound to be some fireworks. What I have just read to you came as a news release by the Cornucopia Institute which bills itself as promoting economic justice for family scale farming. Here is Dave Murphy, Founder and Executive Director of Food Democracy Now in Clear Lake Iowa: "The organic seed growers and trade Association v. Monsanto lawsuit was just denied a hearing why the US supreme court and that is a great disappointment. America's family farmers were denied a hearing in court so unfortunately, due to the flawed nature of Monsanto's patented genetically engineered seeds and the natural process of biology and pollen drift, their patented genes can contaminate farmer's fields.