Organic and conventional farmers have always feared contamination of their supplies by the biotech crops, and those fears have grown as the U.S. government continues to approve more biotech crops.
"This case asks whether Monsanto has the right to sue organic farmers for patent infringement if Monsanto's genetically modified seed should land on their property," said Dan Ravicher, executive director of PUBPAT, a nonprofit legal services organization, which filed the suit in federal court in the southern district of New York.
Ravicher said co-existence is not possible for organics alongside Monsanto's biotech crops and said it was in Monsanto's financial interest to eliminate organic seed "so that they can have a total monopoly over our food supply."
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