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  > On seed stock it get's even worse, if you are next to a GM 
  > farm and get cross pollinated then your stock is tainted and 
  > you have to reseed again with clean seeds that 
  > will just get tainted in the next spawn.
Genuine question: If your neighbor's seeds spread into your farm why do you have to reseed? Are you trying to avoid the cross pollination or are you required to do this by something/someone else?


Not a farmer or a Lawyer, but if you collect seeds from the tainted plants then the new plant is too close to the Patented plant, and therefore illegal for you to grow on your own.


Exactly there was a case of one farmer who did not buy GM stock all of the farms around him did, the genes crossed into his stock and he was sued for not buying the stock. GM buyers are not allowed to reseed it is IP theft according to law.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/03/30/f...




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