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Celsias reports that the world’s non-genetically engineered food crops are rapidly being contaminated as seeds from GE crops blow around on the wind and snuggle up into plantations where they were never welcome.

As a result of genetically contamination of non-GMO crops in Europe, the U.S., Mexico, Australia and South America, the biotech food industry had an upbeat year in 2005 and things are definitely looking good for the future. As genetically modified pollen from their crops blows around, contaminating nearby fields, objections to genetically modified crops diminish because non-GMO alternatives become harder and harder to find. A few more years of this and there may not be many (if any) truly non-GMO crops left anywhere. At that point there won’t be any debate about whether to allow GMO-crops to be grown here or there — no one will have any choice.

The major genetic engineering food companies like Monsanto now have the legal precedent to enforce their patent rights for seeds they created over farmers who discover those seeds on their land, and they have the forces of nature making sure that their genetically engineered seeds are spread far and wide over previously GE free farms. They are building a system, that could give them control over much of the world’s food.

For Monsanto, Dow and Novartis, a decent shot at gaining control over much of the world’s food supply is now blowing on the wind and there’s no turning back. As the Vice-President of plant genetics for Dow Agrosciences said recently, “There will be some continuing bumps in the road, but we are starting to see a balance of very good news and growth. The genie is way out of the bottle.�

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