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Farmers Fight Monsanto's GMO Threats and Intimidation

Farmers Fight Monsanto's GMO Threats and Intimidation | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it

MaAugust 21, 2012 - RSN

Seventy-five family farmers, seed businesses, and agricultural organizations representing over 300,000 individuals and 4,500 farms are asking the appellate court to reverse a lower court's decision dismissing their protective legal action against agricultural giant Monsanto's patents on genetically engineered seed.

 Every year Monsanto investigates over 500 farmers for patent infringement with their now notorious "seed police." To date, according to OSGTA, 144 farmers have had lawsuits brought against them by Monsanto without a binding contract with the multinational corporation, while another 700 farmers have been forced to settle out of court for undisclosed sums.... http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/445-farm-and-food-policy/13042-focus-farmers-fight-monsantos-threats-and-intimidation

 

March 11, 2013 2013

MONSANTO THREATENS LAWSUIT AGAINST EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY  http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/345386

 

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CEREAL CRIMES: Farmers Talk Genetically Modified Crops - VIDEO

CEREAL CRIMES: Farmers Talk Genetically Modified Crops - VIDEO | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it

Michael Hart, a conventional livestock family farmer, has been farming in Cornwall for nearly thirty years and has actively campaigned on behalf of family farmers for over fifteen years, travelling extensively in Europe, India, Canada and the USA.

In this short documentary he investigates the reality of farming genetically modified crops in the USA ten years after their introduction. He travels across the US interviewing farmers and other specialists about their experiences of growing GM.

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