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300k Organic Farmers To Sue Monsanto For Seed Patent Claims
microphage writes "Monsanto went after hundreds of farmers for infringing on their patented seed after audits revealed that their farms had contained their product — as a result of routine pollination by animals and acts of nature. Unable to afford a proper defense, competing small farms have been bought out by the company in droves. As a result, Monsanto saw their profits increase by the hundreds of millions over the last few years as a result. Between 1997 and 2010, Monsanto tackled 144 organic farms with lawsuits and investigated roughly 500 plantations annually during that span with a so-called 'seed police.'"
Good call. You're right. If you actually look into this thing, you'll see that the lawsuit represents only 60 farmers . It is the organizations that have over 300,000 members. So, to make it look like farmers really hate GMOs (guess what, they don't, ask one sometime), they count every member as a farmer. There's less than a million farmers in the US. Basically, this is just the anti-GMO people being lying assholes on par with anti-vaxxers and evolution deniers, and unfortunately, most people know jack about agriculture they think that numbers like that are actually realistic. Yep, 1/3 farmers hate Monsanto, yet over 90% of some crops are their GE seed. How did this nonsense get called news?