5 Million Farmers Sue Monsanto for $7.7 Billion
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5 Million Farmers Sue Monsanto for $7.7 Billion
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Re: 5 Million Farmers Sue Monsanto for $7.7 Billion
#2From the article, "The reason? As with many other cases, such as the ones that led certain farming regions to be known as the ‘suicide belt’, Monsanto has been reportedly taxing the farmers to financial shambles with ridiculous royalty charges."
Re: 5 Million Farmers Sue Monsanto for $7.7 Billion
#3If anyone's seen "Food, Inc" they also mention the abusive practices of Monsanto of suing anyone that poses a threat to their business model. I don't know much about the space but there may be some interesting patent implications from the lawsuit.
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#4Monsanto: the MAFIAA and patent trolls of agriculture. May the farmers win. And may your amaranth grow and prosper. [0]
[0] http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Monsanto_defeated_by_herbicide_resis...
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#5Good for them. I've never met a company that could sue you because a honey bee or some other naturally event that has been occurring for hundreds of years happened. To that I'm referring to Monsato's practice of suing farmers who haven't used their seed variety having their fields cross pollinated with another farmer's fields who is using Monato's seed products. Really?! Ugh.
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#6This article makes some rather terrible claims. I've never heard of readersupportednews.org before. Are there similar articles in well-known, respectable publications?
(Note: I'm not claiming the site is disreputable, I've just never heard of the site and want to read more on sites (on in publications) I know.)
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#7Tried to read this article, hit some kind of NPR style donation paywall... 0/10, wouldn't click.
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#8This may be naive, but why isn't the market protecting farmers? Are subsidies involved?
Why don't they just use normal seeds or other seeds? Weren't these limitations known ahead of time? Why did the farmers make a deal with the devil? Why can't they switch back?
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#9Tried to read this article, hit some kind of NPR style donation paywall... 0/10, wouldn't click.
Nice easy skip button in the top corner.
Re: 5 Million Farmers Sue Monsanto for $7.7 Billion
#10This may be naive, but why isn't the market protecting farmers? Are subsidies involved? Why don't they just use normal seeds or other seeds? Weren't these limitations known ahead of time? Why did the farmers make a deal with the devil? Why can't they switch back?
It's my understanding Monsanto isn't a company that relies on free markets. They use lawyers heavily. If their seeds blow from a customer's farm to a non customer's farm and the non customer doesn't actively try to remove the Monsanto seeds, they sue. They are like the seed mafia.