Iowa Public Television   Pharming Goes Underground  posted on
May 25, 2007  Iowa State University filed suit against Monsanto
this week, alleging the chemical producer has infringed on a
patent with the company's release of low-linolenic soybeans.
Iowa State contends its scientists have worked on the, so
called, "low-lin" beans since1968, and the university owns at
least eight patents covering their breeding and production.
Monsanto denies that it ever used patented soybean technology
owned by Iowa State.  Dispute over ownership of intellectual
property, is but one of the issues confronting the biotech
industry.  Cross-pollination of other crops also is a concern
that, at times, has become a flashpoint in the ongoing debate
over genetically modified organisms, or G-M-Os.  But an
innovative Midwestern farm may offer a solution to cross-
pollination concerns. By growing its pharmaceutical crops below
ground, Controlled Pharming Ventures believes it's found gold in
an Indiana mine. Jeannie Campbell explains.  Ph