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Monsanto as a company makes me sick. Their treatment of farmers that choose not to use their seeds is an abomination. It's like me getting sued for software p

• masklinn 15y ago
  > Their treatment of farmers that choose not to use their seeds is an abomination. And so's their treatment of farmers who do choose to use their seeds, and their treatment of populations close to farming communities, as well as their treatment of... well pretty much everybody once you get down to it[0]. [0] example: http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/05/monsanto200805 http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/05/monsanto...
  • randomdata 15y ago
    "And so's their treatment of farmers who do choose to use their seeds" I grow some RR crops and am not sure what you are referring to here. For the most part, farmers weren't reusing their seeds to begin with. The people in the business of genetics do a much better job, which helps keep the farm profitable. On my farm, in the last couple of years, we have moved to growing entirely RR-free soybeans because a market has opened for soybeans free of the gene, but it limited to few Asian markets that our local distribution network has been able to capture. With all the complaints about Monsanto in America, I find it interesting that the North American market by and large still demands RR-present commodities. Farmers are left to fill that demand, whether they like Monsanto or not.