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.
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