Neil Young and Monsanto Reignite War Over GMOs Since Release of ‘Seeding Fear’

Lyrics from Neil Young’s song, “The Monsanto Years”: “The farmer knows he’s got to grow what he can sell, Monsanto, Monsanto / So he signs a deal for GMOs that makes life hell with Monsanto, Monsanto / Every year he buys the patented seeds / Poison-ready they’re what the corporation needs, Monsanto.” Photo credit: Flickr

Neil Young and Monsanto are once again trading barbs over genetically modified organisms (GMOs). This time, it’s over Young’s new documentary, “Seeding Fear,” the story of Alabama farmers Michael White and his father who were sued by the agrochemical giant in 2003 for patent infringement of its GM soybeans. Source

The lawsuit between the Whites and Monsanto was settled in 2006 out of court.
“Even after the lawsuit was over, I couldn’t make him believe it was over. He would cry and keep saying, ‘Oh, they’re going to come back and sue me again,'” Michael says in the documentary. “It destroyed him. It destroyed his life. He went to his grave—this grave—still afraid of [Monsanto].”