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Re:US Supreme Court to Hear Monsanto Seed Patent Case by glabifrons on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @02:11AM (#5243078)
I find this just as interesting and relevant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_saving

This process is certainly not extinct.

The Legality section has some tidbits that might actually be useful in this case.

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Re:US Supreme Court to Hear Monsanto Seed Patent Case by jrkelly on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @03:14AM (#5243240)
Well no tech really goes extinct. Kevin Kelly has a great piece on it: http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2011/04/technologies_...

It just moves to hobbyists / fringe. Mainline agriculture hasn't saved seeds for a long time (coming up on 100 years) for many crops due to the improved performance of hybrids. Seed saving is brought up w/r/t GMOs because it makes for a better narrative. People actually originally attacked hybrids with the same approach ... farmers wouldn't be able to save seeds since their saved seeds would be worse than the hybrids.

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