‘Even Farming Is Now Subscription-Based’: Farmer Says They Aren’t Allowed to Grow Their Own Seeds, Making Food for Customers More Expensive

A farmer says that major American agriculture corporations are holding them “hostage” by charging them for the “right” to plant their seeds every year.

In a video with over 779,000 views, TikToker Hayden Fox (@haydenjfox) responds to a video of a woman asking, “Did y’all know that farmers aren’t allowed to save and reuse their seeds for the crops that they grow?”

“As a farmer who grows these seeds, we don’t appreciate you telling the truth,” Fox jokes.

He explains that major seed manufacturers—such as Monsanto, DuPont, and Syngenta, which he doesn’t directly name in his video—are keeping food prices high by holding farmers “hostage” with annual subscriptions to their seeds.