Like so many other things in our world today, the truth is distorted by spin on all sides. Everyone has an agenda and it's quite difficult to know if what you'r

Like so many other things in our world today, the truth is distorted by spin on all sides. Everyone has an agenda and it's quite difficult to know if what you're reading is actually factual. You can google it yourself and read both sides of the story for hours and still come away like you aren't sure what the actual deal is. But, it does seem safe to say that Monsanto as a company is only in it for the money, much like the vast majority of other companies. Do they care about farmers? Do they care about food? Do they care about people? Or do they only care about making money? I think it's clear what the answers are, but I can't really blame them for that, I blame our system at large. But still, they could choose to be less greedy, less capitalist, and a little more human. It's very easy to hate them as it is now. Anyways, it doesn't really matter what the actual truth is. The public hates Monsanto and to them, GMO and Monsanto seeds are one and the same. Until we see more usages of GMO that are not tainted by questionable business practices, this won't change. We need a GMO farming company that puts the farmer and the food first, not profits. Secondly, and this is a whole different issue, I do not think our modern industrial farming practices are sustainable in the least. Industrial farming companies exist only to sell fertilizers and pesticides and other profitable things. They are not interested in fixing any of the problems with modern industrial farming because that would not be profitable. Again, capitalism is the problem, not really Monsanto. Interestingly enough, Monsanto started out as a chemical company. So it's no wonder they push chemical based solutions to farming problems. For an alternative to modern industrial farming, google forest gardening, aquaponics, or food forests. This applies "the 5 whys" to modern industrial farming: Why do we need fertilizers and pesticides? What problems do they solve? Why are those problems? Finally, you come to the conclusion that trying to grow hundreds of acres of the same crop is just not what nature is built for. Nature wants diversity, nature wants things that look like forests. Industrial farming is what you get when Man tries to force Nature to do something that is not natural.