tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836809566275327258.post2045831144589229899..comments2009-10-23T08:31:24.895-07:00Comments on Please Delete This Blog: Murder for Profit: The World According to MonsantoExickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05012470447051580041noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836809566275327258.post-20365332100909970352008-11-18T14:48:00.000-08:002008-11-18T14:48:00.000-08:00Great post! I was involved with a company in the U...Great post! I was involved with a company in the UK that took on Monsanto by selling nothing but GMO-free products in their stores. In addition to being sued collectively and individually, they were subjected to harassment and even threats of violence.<BR/><BR/>BTW, Roundup-ready is tame compared to the other GMO products Monsanto has tried to perpetuate. My favorite was the "terminator seed" project. This was an effort to genetically modify its commercial seed in such a way that the crop grown from it would not produce viable seed. The idea was to force farmers to buy seed from Monsanto, instead of growing their own.<BR/><BR/>As most people familiar with ag know, industrialized, first and second world farmers always buy seed, as they know the genetic pitfalls of a closed-loop system of growing your own, which can decrease disease resistance as well as tonnage. The people who grow their own are primarily third world subsistence farmers who can't afford yearly seed purchases. Monsanto was willing to starve large numbers of them to get a bit more business on the margins.<BR/><BR/>This is the inevitable result of unfettered capitalism, which ultimately rewards the most avaricious.T. Johnson (aka "24")https://www.blogger.com/profile/00892184431081003696noreply@blogger.com