Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona"A handful of companies own the patents on virtually every seed planted in the US. Now, a new crop of unowned seeds is bringing biodiversity back to farming" https://worldsensorium.com/open-source-seeds-loosen-big-ags-grip-on-farmers/ /via @gijs
J MillsThe OSS model is significant and much needed.
Important to emphasize:
Patented seed is almost always _agricultural_ seed, for crops grown at large scales.
In the US, at least, "the vast majority of garden seed varieties--including heirloom and historic varieties, most hybrids, and many modern open-pollinated varieties--are not protected under any of the various forms of intellectual property protection."
From: The Seed Garden, published by Seed Savers Exchange, 2015