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		mogrim on Sept 11, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the global banana industry is killing the worl... How do you legislate against a seed library? I can understand the big companies patenting particular seeds, or lobbying against state funding for libraries - but actually legislating against one? (Not trolling: genuinely interested in what arguments a Monsanto lobbyist (say) could use in this case).

bsdshepherd on Sept 11, 2014 [–]

"Gentlemen, here's $70,000,000.00(1) and a new word: agriterrorism."

1) https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D00000005...

mogrim on Sept 11, 2014 | [–]

Thanks, Googling for agriterrorism led me to this:

http://cumberlink.com/news/local/communities/carlisle/depart...

Incredible.

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