Monsanto’s “Gift” to Haiti.
According to a new article at the Centre for Research on Globalization, “The transnational firm Monsanto is offering the country’s farmers a deadly gift of 475 tonnes of genetically-modified (GM) seeds, along with associated fertiliser and pesticides, which will be handed out free by the WINNER project, with the backing of the US embassy in Haiti.”
“Monsanto is publicising the seeds as a generous gift. But Haitian farmers wishing to use them for future harvests will have to pay royalties to Monsanto.”
The article was written by Fr. Jean-Yves Urfie, who is a member of the Holy Spirit Order and former chemistry teacher at Collège Saint Martial, Port-au-Prince.