The Only Farmer To Ever Beat Monsanto
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by: Jonathan Benson (naturalnews.com) – Following the release of his latest album The Monsanto Years, Neil Young has released a short film documentary entitled Seeding Fear that tells one man’s story of beating Monsanto at its own game. Michael White, a fourth-generation farmer from northeast Alabama, tells of how the agricultural giant sued his now-deceased father, threatened his family and ultimately attempted to wipe out the White’s seed-cleaning business — and failed.
“As far as we can tell, he’s the oldest man in the world to ever have been sued for saving seed since God created seed,” stated White about his late father, who was falsely accused of saving Monsanto’s patented, genetically-modified (GM), Roundup-ready soybeans.
“He’s probably the only farmer to ever beat Monsanto, hands down. Even after the lawsuit was over, I couldn’t make him believe it was over. He would cry and keep saying, ‘Oh, they’re going to come back and sue me again.’ They destroyed him; they destroyed his life. He went to his grave, this grave, still afraid of them. He’s in peace now, abiding in his destiny.”
You can watch this heart-wrenching film in its entirety by clicking here: SEEDING FEAR
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A war veteran, White’s father suffered immensely at the hands of Monsanto, having been repeatedly dragged into federal court with his walker to defend himself against the multinational corporation. White says Monsanto has sued at least seven other farmers in the area, and threatened to sue dozens of others.
You see, Monsanto doesn’t like competition, and the White’s seed-cleaning business represented just that. White and his family have been cleaning seeds for many generations, and prior to the advent of GMOs, this is how all farmers grew new crops every year. But Monsanto’s business model of absolute seed control doesn’t mesh into this paradigm.
“I’ve been growing these seeds for about 20 years — some of them may be 30 years old — we’ll clean these and replant them next year. That way I don’t have to go buy new seed every year; I save my own, which saves me about $20,000, and I don’t have to give it to some big agricultural corporation,” White states in the film, as he throws a handful of corn seed into a bin.
“Not many seed-cleaning places are left; it’s just gotten too dangerous. Monsanto sued about seven farmers around here, and they threatened to sue 75 farmers. They spread a lot of discord in this community. I can still clean for the public, but it’s too dangerous. Monsanto will send a…
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