Monsanto secretly gave legal defense money to GMO farmer who contaminated neighbor's organic farm
(NaturalNews) Global biotech and agricultural giant Monsanto lent financial support to a West Australian farmer who was being sued by a neighbor over alleged cross-contamination of the latter's organic crops, company officials have said.
The Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC) reported that the organic farmer, Steve Marsh, took neighbor Michael Baxter to court after Marsh's organic canola crop allegedly became contaminated in 2010 by seeds from Baxter's property. Marsh said the contamination occurred when genetically modified canola seeds blew over from his former childhood friend's nearby field during a harvesting process called swathing. Marsh said in court that this resulted in the loss of organic certification for more than 70 percent of his land.
