The Resource Corporate crops : biotechnology, agriculture, and the struggle for control, Gabriela Pechlaner
Corporate crops : biotechnology, agriculture, and the struggle for control, Gabriela Pechlaner
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- Summary
- "Biotechnology crop production area increased from 1.7 million hectares to 148 million hectares worldwide between 1996 to 2010. While genetically modified food is a contentious issue, the debates are usually limited to health and environmental concerns, ignoring the broader questions of social control that arise when food production methods become corporate-owned intellectual property. Drawing on legal documents and dozens of interviews with farmers and other stakeholders, Corporate Crops covers four case studies based around litigation between biotechnology corporations and farmers. Pechlaner investigates the extent to which the proprietary aspects of biotechnologies--from patents on seeds to a plethora of new rules and contractual obligations associated with the technologies--are reorganizing crop production. The lawsuits include patent infringement litigation launched by Monsanto against a Saskatchewan canola farmer who, in turn, claimed his crops had been involuntarily contaminated by the company's GM technology; a class action application by two Saskatchewan organic canola farmers launched against Monsanto and Aventis (later Bayer) for the loss of their organic market due to contamination with GMOs; and two cases in Mississippi in which Monsanto sued farmers for saving seeds containing its patented GM technology. Pechlaner argues that well-funded corporate lawyers have a decided advantage over independent farmers in the courts and in creating new forms of power and control in agricultural production. Corporate Crops demonstrates the effects of this intersection between the courts and the fields where profits, not just a food supply, are reaped." -- Publisher's description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- ix, 289 p.
- Contents
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- Agricultural biotechnologies on the farm and around the world
- The coming of the third regime? Agricultural biotechnology regulation in Canada and the United States
- Biotechnology on the prairies: the rise of canola
- . . . and the fall of wheat
- Legal offense and defense on the Canadian prairies
- From when cotton was king to king Monsanto
- Starting a new regime: training the locals
- Isbn
- 9780292739451
- Label
- Corporate crops : biotechnology, agriculture, and the struggle for control
- Title
- Corporate crops
- Title remainder
- biotechnology, agriculture, and the struggle for control
- Statement of responsibility
- Gabriela Pechlaner
- Subject
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- Agricultural biotechnology -- Law and legislation -- Canada
- Agricultural biotechnology -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Agricultural biotechnology -- United States
- Family farms -- Canada
- Family farms -- United States
- Intellectual property -- Canada
- Intellectual property -- United States
- Agricultural biotechnology -- Canada
- Plant biotechnology -- Canada
- Plant biotechnology -- Law and legislation -- Canada
- Plant biotechnology -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Plant biotechnology -- United States
- Transgenic plants -- Canada
- Transgenic plants -- United States
- Monsanto Company -- Trials, litigation, etc
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Biotechnology crop production area increased from 1.7 million hectares to 148 million hectares worldwide between 1996 to 2010. While genetically modified food is a contentious issue, the debates are usually limited to health and environmental concerns, ignoring the broader questions of social control that arise when food production methods become corporate-owned intellectual property. Drawing on legal documents and dozens of interviews with farmers and other stakeholders, Corporate Crops covers four case studies based around litigation between biotechnology corporations and farmers. Pechlaner investigates the extent to which the proprietary aspects of biotechnologies--from patents on seeds to a plethora of new rules and contractual obligations associated with the technologies--are reorganizing crop production. The lawsuits include patent infringement litigation launched by Monsanto against a Saskatchewan canola farmer who, in turn, claimed his crops had been involuntarily contaminated by the company's GM technology; a class action application by two Saskatchewan organic canola farmers launched against Monsanto and Aventis (later Bayer) for the loss of their organic market due to contamination with GMOs; and two cases in Mississippi in which Monsanto sued farmers for saving seeds containing its patented GM technology. Pechlaner argues that well-funded corporate lawyers have a decided advantage over independent farmers in the courts and in creating new forms of power and control in agricultural production. Corporate Crops demonstrates the effects of this intersection between the courts and the fields where profits, not just a food supply, are reaped." -- Publisher's description
- Cataloging source
- DNAL/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1968-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pechlaner, Gabriela
- Dewey number
- 630
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- SB106.B56
- LC item number
- P43 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Monsanto Company
- Agricultural biotechnology
- Agricultural biotechnology
- Plant biotechnology
- Plant biotechnology
- Transgenic plants
- Transgenic plants
- Intellectual property
- Intellectual property
- Family farms
- Family farms
- Agricultural biotechnology
- Agricultural biotechnology
- Plant biotechnology
- Plant biotechnology
- Label
- Corporate crops : biotechnology, agriculture, and the struggle for control, Gabriela Pechlaner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Agricultural biotechnologies on the farm and around the world -- The coming of the third regime? Agricultural biotechnology regulation in Canada and the United States -- Biotechnology on the prairies: the rise of canola -- . . . and the fall of wheat -- Legal offense and defense on the Canadian prairies -- From when cotton was king to king Monsanto -- Starting a new regime: training the locals
- Control code
- ocn783173296
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- ix, 289 p.
- Isbn
- 9780292739451
- Isbn Type
- (cl. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2012021645
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780292739451
- (OCoLC)783173296
- Label
- Corporate crops : biotechnology, agriculture, and the struggle for control, Gabriela Pechlaner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Agricultural biotechnologies on the farm and around the world -- The coming of the third regime? Agricultural biotechnology regulation in Canada and the United States -- Biotechnology on the prairies: the rise of canola -- . . . and the fall of wheat -- Legal offense and defense on the Canadian prairies -- From when cotton was king to king Monsanto -- Starting a new regime: training the locals
- Control code
- ocn783173296
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- ix, 289 p.
- Isbn
- 9780292739451
- Isbn Type
- (cl. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2012021645
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780292739451
- (OCoLC)783173296
Subject
- Agricultural biotechnology -- Law and legislation -- Canada
- Agricultural biotechnology -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Agricultural biotechnology -- United States
- Family farms -- Canada
- Family farms -- United States
- Intellectual property -- Canada
- Intellectual property -- United States
- Agricultural biotechnology -- Canada
- Plant biotechnology -- Canada
- Plant biotechnology -- Law and legislation -- Canada
- Plant biotechnology -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Plant biotechnology -- United States
- Transgenic plants -- Canada
- Transgenic plants -- United States
- Monsanto Company -- Trials, litigation, etc
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