(March 21, 2016 at 4:31 am)Nymphadora Wrote: It is my understanding that when Montsano first showed up on the scene, their idea for GMO's was that it would be able to feed massive nations in third world countries.
I'm fine with that.
What many people were not told about, however, is the fact that Monsanto put a patent on the crops and then proceeded to sue small farmers who didn't want GMO seeds. They were sued because when samples of the small farmers crops and seeds were taken, GMO evidence turned up. Montsano claimed those farmers were stealing GMO seeds and using them in their fields. The problem is that winds would carry some of those seeds to other areas, thus causing cross contamination (for lack of a better word). Small farmers don't have the money for expensive lawyers like the big corporations do, so the small farmer was sued and lost.
This is my understanding of the outrage behind Montsano. And the real reason they sued was because some farmers didn't want to be a part of genetically modified food. GMO seeds can be found in nearly every type of crop grown in the US. Montsano holds a patent on those seeds so they can literally control the food production in this country.
As I said, I personally don't have an issue with GMOs in general. What I take issue with the Montsano Corporation and their lack of ethics on the matter.
That's exactly the case. They say it was started to grow vegetables in environments that couldn't normally support farming, which is a good thing. It was meant to support the food production for the poor. A noble agenda! Problem is they also made suicide seeds so instead of being able to harvest the seeds from the previous years crop to grow the next season like has existed from the beginning of agriculture, now you have to keep buying new seed every season. On top of that like you mentioned the wind would pollinate and contaminate non gmo monsanto crops with the roundup resistant strain, and then Monsanto sues the farmer, and basically pressures all farmers to buy the seeds.
Then look at all the rich, and how they only eat organic. It's not because they are rich enough to afford organic, it's because of something else. It's safer, since it will still take a couple more generations before the full effects of gmo food supply are tested in the real world on the human population.
The communist Chinese government has private farms of all organic food to feed the leadership, while they promote GMO for the rest of the population.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/MG07Ad02.html
The same with leadership of the rest of the world, including the UK, and the US presidents family.
