So picture you are an organic farmer. Your farm is a few acres away from a non-o
rganic farm that uses genetically modified seeds from Monsanto, the corporate agriculture giant. A few seeds drift over to your field permanently ruining your certified organic field yet now you can be accused of stealing Monsanto's seeds. This unimaginable thought has already happened believe it or not. Monsanto has actually sued hundreds of farmers for patent infringement.
Many of our food supply has quickly become genetically modified. Original heirloom canola seed has actually become extinct. Monsanto has so widely taken over so much of farming that their seeds have taken over and pretty much pushed out the only surviving heirloom seeds. Sounds like no big deal right? It's just a seed. But do we really know what these genetically modified foods will do to us in the next 50 years? There's an alarming rise in cancer rates. What's it going to be like in 50 years from now as we continue to pollute and scientifically modify our food source. Even animals have been genetically modified. Pigs are not meant to be these massively huge animals who can not even walk on their legs. Have you ever seen a wild pig? That is the true size pigs were meant to be. But they are bred today to grow bigger and faster so they can be slaughtered sooner.
Public Patent Foundation director Dan Ravicher writes "It's actually in Monsanto's interest to eliminate organic seed so that they can have a total monopoly over our food supply." Scary thought. Sounds like a futuristic horror film. Only thing is, it's happening to us right now.
rganic farm that uses genetically modified seeds from Monsanto, the corporate agriculture giant. A few seeds drift over to your field permanently ruining your certified organic field yet now you can be accused of stealing Monsanto's seeds. This unimaginable thought has already happened believe it or not. Monsanto has actually sued hundreds of farmers for patent infringement.Many of our food supply has quickly become genetically modified. Original heirloom canola seed has actually become extinct. Monsanto has so widely taken over so much of farming that their seeds have taken over and pretty much pushed out the only surviving heirloom seeds. Sounds like no big deal right? It's just a seed. But do we really know what these genetically modified foods will do to us in the next 50 years? There's an alarming rise in cancer rates. What's it going to be like in 50 years from now as we continue to pollute and scientifically modify our food source. Even animals have been genetically modified. Pigs are not meant to be these massively huge animals who can not even walk on their legs. Have you ever seen a wild pig? That is the true size pigs were meant to be. But they are bred today to grow bigger and faster so they can be slaughtered sooner.
Public Patent Foundation director Dan Ravicher writes "It's actually in Monsanto's interest to eliminate organic seed so that they can have a total monopoly over our food supply." Scary thought. Sounds like a futuristic horror film. Only thing is, it's happening to us right now.
