Monsanto, Fox, Journalism, and BGH

January 8, 2006

Instilling Fear: Monsanto’s Gene Police

January 8, 2006
  • “Monsanto Used Private Eye, Spies to Check on Saskatchewan Farmers”
  • “…who is Monsanto’s police force? They’re former RCMP officers. They go under the name of Robinson Investigation Services of Saskatoon and they cover all of Canada. In the US it’s the Pickerton Investigation Services.In Monsanto’s advertisements they say that if you think your neighbour is growing GM canola or soybeans without licence you should inform on them. If you do this you get a free leather jacket from Monsanto. Believe me, there aren’t many people on the prairies now wearing a new Monsanto jacket.What happens when Monsanto gets this tip or rumour? They immediately send out two of their detectives. We call them gene police on the Prairies. They’ll go to the farmer’s home or farmyard and say to him or his wife that they have this tip. But, first of all, they’ll always say they are ex-RCMP and a lot of times the farmers don’t hear the “ex.” They only hear police. It’s a form of intimidation. …The farmer is often told that he is lying and if he doesn’t confess Monsanto will drag him through the courts and the farmer won’t have a farm left. So, it’s real harassment and intimidation of farmers by these gene police.
  • Read full article: Common Ground, January 2004 by Percy Schmeiser


Monsanto Attacks Farmers Who Don’t Use Their Products

January 8, 2006