NATS 1575 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Percy Schmeiser, Rapeseed, Herbicide
18 May 2018
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LECTURE 12: Plants and agriculture cont.
1. Rapeseed and canola POTW: canola stands for CANADA + OIL, high production of oils thanks to
GM.
2. Mosato ase, ad it’s Roudup heriide. (Pery Sheiser case). Farmer used Roundup. Did
not sign contract. He did not buy the seed. Saved some seed and kept it separate from his toher
seed to plant the next year.
3. 1998 Monsanto sued Schemeiser for copyright infri. Of DNA that was patented. PS says that GM
was on his property. Appealed to Supreme Court in 2004.
4. Vandana Shiva was an ecofeminist, and advocated for individual farmer rights over company
rights (like Monsanto). Was interested in interrelationship sbetween specieis.
5. Urban gardening and guerilla gardening also took rise in eary 21st century: throwing seed bombs
to public space to let them row (Ron Finley), is an example of urban guerilla gardening.
6. Urban vegetable gardens exist neary everywhere, including balconies of apartments. BUTTERFLY
NURSERIES can also exist alongside urban veg gardens.
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