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[QUOTE="farid_h, post: 15139187, member: 92820"] De plus en plus de paysans americains sont victimes directes de Monsanto, et le remarquent tres concretement. Pas besoin de leur expliquer ca par du porte-a-porte. Comment sont-ils victimes? Des qu'un paysan seme des graines bevetees de Monsanto sur son champ, et que une foi que le ble etc. a grandi, le vent fait en sorte que certaines graines soient transportees vers les champs voisins. Et la, Monsanto utilise l'option nucleaire et traine ces paysans voisins devant le cadi pour violation de brevets et utilisation de graines Monsanto sans autorisation prealable. Un paysan qui a connu ce traitement se souviendra vividement des pratiques de Monsanto, et fera tout pour eviter d'utiliser leurs produits plus tard (ou alors, il courbe l'echine et achete egalement ces graines pour ne plus avoir de problemes). Biensur, Monsanto justifie ses pratiques en faisant semblant que ce sont les paysans qui sont les coupables... [URL]http://www.monsanto.com/newsviews/pages/why-does-monsanto-sue-farmers-who-save-seeds.aspx[/URL] Monsanto prohibits seed saving. Monsanto imposes contracts and wields patents that forbid farmers from saving seeds year-to-year, a practice that has been part of agriculture for centuries. They demand farmers buy new, expensive seeds each year. And if a farmer stops using Monsanto's patented seeds, they are at risk of breaching their contract. Sprouts from patented seeds planted in a previous growing season can "volunteer," or grow spontaneously the following year, even in a new crop variety. If discovered, the farmer could face penalties for patent infringement. Monsanto fosters strife in rural communities by running a "hotline" that encourages farmer to call the company and inform on their neighbors, and has even hired retired farmers to entrap farmers into buying seed illegally, activities one judge referred to as Monsanto's "scorched earth policies." Monsanto sues farmers. Monsanto has undertaken an unprecedented litigation campaign against American farmers to end the practice of seed-saving and so maximize its profits. They devote $10 million of its annual budget to investigate approximately 500 farmers each year who are suspected of patent infringement. As of November 2012, 410 farmers and 56 small businesses and farming operations have been involved in court cases involving alleged patent infringement, and have paid the company nearly $24 million in damages, a sum that does not include additional litigation costs like attorney or witness fees. While Monsanto has taken action against thousands of farmers, only the vast majority reach pre-trial settlements to avoid facing the multinational giant in court. When these pretrial settlements are included, farmers have paid Monsanto an estimated $85 to 160 million. Monsanto would like to dismiss the significance of these suits and direct attention to their new website full of smiling, meticulously selected farmers. This is simply a distraction from the hundreds, if not thousands, of farmers who have lost their livelihoods to the corporate machine." Source: [URL]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elizabeth-kucinich/the-enemy-of-family-farmers_b_4064134.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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