LOL..you must not have any good ideas if you take that attitude about intellectual property.
Geeze that was kind of a rude response lol....you must not have ANY friends with that attitude
I was responding to the original post which asked why citra was soo hard to find/in demand with an actual answer.
Aside from that I wasn't bashing the farmers for hanging on to their hop varietals, I was saying why they would do it (money). But I believe all of us would love to have ample access to these hops and be able to grow them in our personal gardens. (and gee, wouldn't it be nice if people were motivated by something other than money like I dunno, making great beer?)
As for the MANSANTO reference, if your not familiar, they have genetically altered crops which only they are allowed to grow.