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By Marivel Guzman, Akashma News
Originally written September 21, 2010. Updated April 2025.

Recently, a piece titled “Understanding GM Crops; Facts vs Misconceptions” attempted to rehabilitate the image of genetically modified crops and their corporate creators.
Written by AgribiotechTalks and published on November 20, 2024, the article cloaks GM technology in the language of science and reason, presenting it as a natural continuation of traditional plant breeding. But let’s pause and ask a simple question:

How can something be natural if its very design is to prevent life from continuing?

The seed is the foundation of all living plant life. Its core function is to reproduce—to carry forward the genetic code of its parent organism, to adapt, evolve, and respond to its environment. When a seed is engineered to die after one generation—a suicide seed, as many now call it—how dare we label that natural?

The Biology of a Lie

Let’s not forget: a fruit is scientifically defined by one thing—it contains seeds. That’s why tomatoes, cucumbers, and even avocados are classified as fruits. Not because of sweetness or culinary tradition, but because they carry life. A seedless fruit is a contradiction, a hollow replica of what nature intended.

So when companies like Monsanto create seedless crops, or sterilize seeds so they cannot germinate in the next season, they are not participating in evolution—they are interrupting it.

A System of Sterile Control

GM proponents argue these are harmless innovations, designed for crop resilience or pest resistance. But the moment you remove a plant’s ability to regenerate, you are not engaging in agriculture—you are engineering dependency. Farmers no longer save seeds. They buy them—every year, from the same corporations who own the patents. That’s not science—it’s a monopolistic trap.

Update: Mexico’s Fight to Protect Native Corn

In a landmark move, Mexico took a strong stand against genetically modified crops. Former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) issued a 2020 decree banning GM corn imports by 2024, aiming to safeguard public health and the country’s diverse native corn strains—an agricultural heritage going back thousands of years. However, this decision triggered a trade dispute with the United States under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). A dispute panel ruled in favor of the U.S. in December 2024, declaring the ban lacked sufficient scientific justification, as published on December 20, 2025 in Reuters

As a result, Mexico was forced to lift its GM corn import restrictions in January 2025 (Mexico Business News). Yet the resistance continued.

In February 2025, President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration pushed forward a constitutional reform that permanently bans the planting of GM corn on Mexican soil, preserving biodiversity and defending indigenous corn varieties from genetic contamination (Reuters).

This ongoing battle between sovereignty and corporate pressure illustrates that GMOs are not just a scientific or economic issue—they are a fight over the soul of agriculture and the right of nations to protect life itself.

A Fruit Without Seeds, A Future Without Sovereignty

We should be alarmed by this deliberate sterilization of life. It mirrors a dangerous philosophy: that humans, or rather corporations, can improve on nature through domination. That profit can be harvested from life only if life can be controlled. But in controlling the seed, they are attempting to control survival itself.

We Must Reclaim Language—and the Land

Let us call things by their real names. A fruit without seeds is not a fruit. A seed that dies after one cycle is not a gift of science—it is a weapon of economic warfare against farmers. It is a mockery of creation. It is a dangerous illusion wrapped in the banner of progress.

And as long as we continue to use the language they give us—“natural,” “safe,” “efficient”—we are complicit in the erosion of truth.

Monsanto: A Greater Threat Than War?

In a compelling exposé, Akashma Online News argues that Monsanto’s genetic manipulation of seeds poses a greater threat than warfare itself. The article contends that by altering the genetic makeup of seeds and promoting “suicide seeds” incapable of reproduction, Monsanto disrupts natural ecosystems and endangers global food security. Highlighting instances like Haitian farmers burning donated GMO seeds in protest, the piece calls for consumer awareness and action against the monopolization of agriculture. It urges individuals to reject genetically modified products and support biodiversity to safeguard the planet’s future.

Read the full article: https://akashmanews.com/2010/09/20/monsanto-more-dangerous-than-war-itself/

References:

1. ETC Group Terminator Seed Technology ETCGROUP

5. Haitian Farmers Burn Monsanto Seeds – viacampesina

2. Mexico Trade Panel Ruling – Reuters

3. Mexico Lifts GMO Corn Import Ban – Mexico Business News

4. Mexico Bans GM Corn Planting – Reuters

5. Haitian Farmers Burn Monsanto Seeds – viacampesina

6. Groups Around the U.S. Join Haitian Farmers in Protesting “Donation” of Monsanto Seeds. WorldPurse

7. Indian Farmers Disrupt Monsanto Lab
Raid is part of continuing protest against GM crops Science

8. India: Karnataka Farmers Protest Proposed Field Trials of Genetically Modified Maize and Cotton ViaCampesina

3. Understanding GM Crops; Facts vs Misconceptions – AgribiotechTalks, Nov. 20, 2024

10. Svalbard Global Seed Vault CropTrus

11. There is an international moratorium on the use of Terminator technology. Terminator seeds are genetically engineered to be sterile after first harvest. Brazil and India also have national bans on Terminator technology. Canadian Biotechnology Action Network