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You have to pay a fixed fee, per acre, per year as license fee or technology charge to Monsanto.
If you commit some violation of this contract
you must sign a non disclosure statement, and
you cannot talk to the press or
you cannot discuss the situation with your neighbor.
So it takes a farmer’s freedom of speech and expression away.
There is another clause:
You must permit Monsanto’s police force to come into your land for 3 years after you sign this contract. Even though you may only grow their seeds one year, they can go into your grain reservoir, into your silos, onto your land, to inspect and see what you are growing or what you have in storage.
They can ask for your farming records, your income tax records, anything. And you must permit them to do that.
Another clause has been added in 2003 contract :
The clause says you can no longer sue Monsanto, for whatever reason.
So that is why it is important for people to know the true impact of the introduction of GMOs and how rights of people are being taken away by corporations.
Another very important issue is how Monsanto advertise in their brochures. They state that if you think your neighbor is growing Monsanto’s GMO canola or Soya beans without license, you should inform on your neighbor. If you inform on your neighbor you get a gift from Monsanto.
Now what happens when Monsanto gets this tip off? They will immediately send 2 of their police out to a farmer’s home, and accuse the farmer of growing their product without a licence, and threaten the farmer with the full force of the law.
The effect this has on the community is appalling as the accused try to work out which neighbour informed on them.
These are the methods Monsanto uses to instill fear in farmers, because the best way to control people is by the culture of fear.
