PERCY SCHMEISER - DAVID VERSUS MONSANTO

Imagine that a storm blows across your garden and that now, without your knowledge and without your consent, foreign and genetically-manipulated seeds are in your vegetable patch which you have nourished and maintained for many years. A few days later, representatives of a multi-national corporate group pay you a visit at home, demand that you surrender your vegetables - and simultaneously file a criminal complaint against you, resulting in a fine of
€ 20.000,00 for the illegal use of patented and genetically-manipulated seeds.
What's more: The court finds for the corporate group!
Yet you fight back...

This short story is no utopia rather, around the world, the bitter truth. It is also the true experience of the family of Percy und Louise Schmeiser in Canada, also winners of the Alternative Nobel Prize, who meanwhile have been fighting the chemicals and seed manufacturer Monsanto since 1996. Nowadays, nearly three-fourths of genetically-manipulated plants harvested worldwide originate from
Monsanto labs. Monsanto is a U.S.-based corporate group which calls dismal inventions such as DDT, PCB and Agent Orange its own. In its effort to gain absolute hegemony over plants - from the field all the way to the consumer's plate - Monsanto knows no qualms. The farmers Troy Rush, David Runyon and Marc Loisell also learned the hard way what it means to be confronted with Monsanto's methods of doing business, as did thousands of other farmers worldwide.

They and the Schmeisers are not just fighting against Monsanto and with that, for the continuation of their livelihood as farmers but also for the right to freedom of speech and the right to their property.

Yet above all, they are campaigning for the future of their children and grandchildren so that they, too, will have a chance to grow up in a world without genetically-manipulated food.

This film is reassuring.
Reassuring to all who fear that as an individual, no one would have any power to confront policymakers, large corporations or the business world.
"David vs. Monsanto" proves the opposite.

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[DannyPVogelsang]

Percy Schmeiser, Organic Farmer from Canada is a Hero for fignting MONSANTO and its Genetic Modified/GMOseeds and toxic "ROUNDUP" herbicide. MONSANTO "Roundup Ready Corn /MON810" Genetic Corn/Maize has been banned for planting in GERMANY,

[Novagreyhound]

Down with Monsanto! Power to farmers like this man. We all need to rally behind him and those like him.

[vislandblues]

@CouldNotCareLes you are way too stupid to know the truth ,asshole!

[936Dancer]

Truth?????

[CouldNotCareLes]

@936Dancer - I feel no shame for telling the truth.

Les

[936Dancer]

SHAME on you, Les!

[CouldNotCareLes]

@harrowbruce Percy didn't win you dope.

He filed a small countersuit and collected $600.

Now he can lie some more and say he won.

Les

[harrowbruce]

Percy Schmeiser countersued. He won, he won! This is a victory for us, and for our children, and for our future. Love it! Thanks for posting these beautifully produced videos.. We should all help Percy pay his court costs. Go to his website for more info.

[CouldNotCareLes]

@dutch025 - thank you for listening.

Les

[dutch025]

Les,

Again, I totally agree with you. Cheaper food is more appealing, because it cheap and it feeds the family. I personally buy organic. I do believe, however, that the large food industry keeps us very ignorant to potential harms of GMO, corn fed cows, pesticides, etc. There is certainly a reason they rarely choose to be interviewed and are located behind more security than the Pentagon.

I'm on your side with those past comments 100%.

[CouldNotCareLes]

@dutch025 - ... and actually, I don't side with Monsanto.

I don't agree that GMOs should be in our food supply.

I just point out that the food industry (grocery manufacturers, grocery retailers, fast food chains) asked for this cheap grain ... farmers and seed companies filled that need.

We are very willing to grow you non-GMO food ... just ask for it.

You get what you ask for.

Les