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Ok so it seems you are concerned about an organic farmer whose crops are contaminated by Monsanto's seed, who then loses his 'organic' label and gets sued by Mo
by MarkMc 14y ago
Ok so it seems you are concerned about an organic farmer whose crops are contaminated by Monsanto's seed, who then loses his 'organic' label and gets sued by Monsanto.
Here's a hypothetical question: Imagine that Monsanto only sued the farmer if his crop was contaminated AND he used Monsanto's Roundup-Ready herbicide (or a generic equivalent that specifically targets Monsanto crops like Roundup does). Also imagine that he could keep the 'organic' label by showing that there was only a small amount of contamination. In this scenario would you still consider Monsanto to be evil?
- ericb 14y agoThere is nothing about using Roundup that would make one culpable. Roundup Ready mainly means "able to tolerate tons of glyphosphate without dying." Glyphosphate works in use cases apart from Roundup ready crops. I used it to kill poison ivy in my backyard at one point. Sadly, you and I are not "Roundup Ready" and don't have any mods to our endocrine system to help us cope with eating it and the additives (surfactants) used to bind it to crops.
- glabifrons 14y agoIf a farmer used Roundup, his crop could not be considered organic.
- MarkMc 14y agoOk, but the question remains: If Monsanto's policy was to only sue farmers who have contaminated crops AND who use a herbicide designed to kill everything except Monsanto crops, would you consider Monsanto to be evil?