In 1997, Percy Schmeiser discovered that canola growing on his farm was genetically modified to be resistant to Roundup although he had not planted GM seed.
He became an international symbol and spokesperson for independent farmers' rights and the regulation of transgenic crops during his protracted legal battle with multinational agrichemical company Monsanto.
There is also a poem, 'canola queasy' dedicated to Percy Schmeiser, the Saskatchewan farmer sued by Monsanto because he intentionally propagated genetically engineered canola that had blown into his fields.
Percy Bysshe Shelley | Percy Grainger | Percy Sledge | Percy Greenbank | Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland | Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland | Charles H. Percy | Percy | Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters | Percy Dearmer | Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland | Percy Jackson & the Olympians | Percy Fender | Percy Fawcett | Charles Percy | Benjamin Percy | Percy Thrower | Percy Goetschius | Stephenson Percy Smith | Sharon Percy | Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford | Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (film) | Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland | Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland | Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland | Thomas Percy | Percy Williams Bridgman | Percy Smith | Percy Quin | Percy Priest Lake |