Peasants in Haiti React to Monsanto's Largess
“What would a peasant in Haiti do if a major United States corporation gave them a substantial agricultural gift to help them in the wake of the earthquake? The answer may surprise you.”
Haitian Farmers Leery of Monsanto'sLargess
by Peter Constantini
PÉTIONVILLE, Jun 21, 2010 (IPS) – Haitian
farmers are worried that giant transnational
corporations like Monsanto are attempting to gain a larger
foothold in the local economy under the guise of earthquake
relief and rebuilding.
“Seeds represent a kind of right to
life,” peasant leader
Chavannes Jean-Baptiste told IPS. “That's why we have a
problem today with Monsanto and all the multinationals who
sell seeds. Seeds and water are the common patrimony of
humanity.”
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~Peter Costantini blogs at Huffington Post. He spent the
month of May in Haiti.
month of May in Haiti.
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