The enclosures were experienced as a social catastrophe by the communities affected. In the language of the times, sheep devoured men. Subscriptions to the News Bulletin are 60 Swiss francs or the equivalent in other currencies. The cycle has come full circle today with the enclosure of life forms. Through the commercial development of genetically modified seeds, the genetic code of life is being appropriated and imprinted with the logic of the marketplace.
Terminator seeds are seeds which have been genetically modified to commit suicide.
They are sterile, and will thus compel the millions of farmers around the world who traditionally save their seed for replanting to turn to the transnationals for the seed and other inputs they require to plant their crops. Rather than killing seeds outright, they addict them to agrochemicals before they are planted. Unlike the children born to drug-addicted mothers, they cannot be weaned from chemical dependency. For the companies involved, the stakes are enormous. The global seed market is valued at over USD 45 billion annually.