Percy Schmeiser (1931 to 2020) was a Canadian farmer, businessman and politician who ran a family farm in Saskatchewan for decades. He became internationally known for his legal battle with the agrichemical company Monsanto over its patented genetically modified canola, a case that made him a prominent symbol for independent farmers' rights and for debates over the regulation of transgenic crops, and the subject of several films and documentaries.
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Birth YearThe article's own Background section states he was born January 5, 1932, conflicting with the lead sentence's 1931. The Death section's stated age of 89 at his October 13, 2020 death matches a January 1931 birth (the January birthday had already passed that year), so 1931, matching the lead and this atlas's existing entity-description, is used as the attested year. Defining ContributionBecame an internationally known symbol for independent farmers' rights after Monsanto sued him over patented Roundup Ready canola found on his Saskatchewan farm, a case that reached the Supreme Court of Canada. 1 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, nationality there.
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1. Percy Schmeiser (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section, first sentence
Percy Schmeiser (1931-2020) was a Canadian businessman, farmer, and politician who ran a family farm operation in Saskatchewan for decades and later served in municipal and provincial politics.
Lead section, second sentence
He gained international recognition for his landmark legal battle against the multinational agrichemical company Monsanto.
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