> One of the big complaints I hear about Monsanto is that using their seeds forces farmers to throw away their seeds each year Everyone throws their seed away

> One of the big complaints I hear about Monsanto is that using their seeds forces farmers to throw away their seeds each year Everyone throws their seed away ever year, because genetic monocultures have a 30% lower yeild than bought-in fresh genetic material. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_vigor#In_plants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_vigor#In_plants (The exception is rice, which can be bred time and time again)