It is worth mentioning that the introduction of genetically modified genes into the farmers crop by natural pollinators was not accidental but clearly intentional. I know of no commercial farmers who grow their own seed; but this farmer thought he could snag the patented gene by planting a non-GMO soybean adjacent to a neighbor's GMO soybean and capturing the genes from the pollen. As horrendous as this court decision seems, it would not have gone that way if the intent were not there. Tim -----Original Message----- From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Ernie DeMarie via pbs Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:31 PM To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: Re: [pbs] Sharing seeds of rare plants/GMOs I think differently about Monsanto, the company that has done a lot of this work and patented it and then turn around and sued farmers who aquire "their" (patented) gene via accidental cross pollination with the neighbors Monsanto GMO crop. Seems to me it should be Monsanto's responsibility to keep "their" genes out of other peoples fields, if they can't do that, oh well.