#6: Fighting Back

Emily Nolen

English 102

Mr. Benton

September 10, 2012

Fighting Back

“We don’t want their seed, we don’t want their trespass and contamination, and we certainly do not want a lawsuit when we have done nothing wrong and are innocent victims.” (Gerittson). This is the thoughts of all organic farmers is North America directed to the corporate biotechnological farm company Monsanto. Monsanto grows all of their food in labs and owns the majority of the seed market  in North America. Monsanto also makes RoundUp, a herbicide. Monsanto’s plan is to take over the entire farming market by cutting out organic farmers. Not only does this destroy many American families out of life, but it also takes away the American peoples choice of genetically modified food or all natural food. Thankfully, organic farmers, seed companies, and other agricultural associates are fighting back by starting a law suit  before monsanto can sue the farmers and bankrupt them. Monsanto test the organic farmers crops, usually with out consent, for Monsanto products. To many people this sounds justified in order to make sure no one is stealing from them, but what they don’t realize is that factors out of the farmers control have put those products on his/her crops. Factors such as wind, pollen, birds, rain, ect. When Monsanto see’s that the crops test positive for their products regardless of how the product got there, the company sue’s the farmer for patent infringement and ends up putting the farmer out of business. This is so wrong. America needs to band together with these farmers and keep Monsanto from monopolizing the whole food market! We deserve the right to choose what kind of food we put into our bodies. Also, farming off of the land has been many Americans livelihood for centuries. If we let  Monsanto cut out natural farming we let them take away part of what America was founded on. 

Works Cited

Lekas, Anna. News Politics. Occupy vs. Monsanto: Activists, Farmers Fight the Corporation They Fear Will Take Over All America's Crops. Occupy vs. Monsanto: Activists, Farmers Fight the Corporation They Fear Will Take Over All America's Crops. Aleternet.