That using Monsanto products might have negative consequences.
In late 2004, "superweeds" that resisted Monsanto's iconic "Roundup" herbicide, popped up in GM crops in the county of Macon, Georgia. Monsanto, the US multinational biotech corporation, is the world's leading producer of Roundup, as well as genetically engineered seeds. Company figures show that nine out of 10 US farmers produce Roundup Ready seeds for their soybean crops.
Superweeds have since alarmingly appeared in other parts of Georgia, as well as South Carolina, North Carolina, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri, according to media reports. Roundup contains the active ingredient glyphosate, which is the most used herbicide in the USA.
How has this happened? Farmers over-relied on Monsanto's revolutionary and controversial combination of a single "round up" herbicide and a high-tech seed with a built-in resistance to glyphosate, scientists say.
If you read on you'll find that it's gotten so bad, some farmers are simply abandoning their fields. The hat-tip for this story goes to Inky99 at Daily Kos and if you follow up by checking out his diary you'll find that Monsanto does have a solution. It seems the brightest lights in Agro Biz did anticipate this kind of development. And did they rethink the merits of their product offerings? No, they just began trying to corner the market on the ingredients necessary to solve the problem they were in the process of creating.
Is that what they mean by disaster capitalism?
Glad you picked up on this latest regarding one of our all time favourite companies. I was going to forward it it to you but had to go out and do some of that work stuff.
It's hard to find enough bad to say about Monsanto and their totally unnecessary GMO scam that produces little of value (to anyone other than themselves) at tremendous cost to everyone else. I'm hard pressed to think of many other companies that could make Blackwater look like good corporate citizens.
And I assume you were aware that Monsanto and other bio tech companies have access to the seed vault in Norway. In fact bio tech companies were large investors in that project. Your future - the same as your present but moreso.
Surely you are not saying that 'the nice people who gave the world Agent Orange' would ever produce and market anything that would have negative consequences for the biosphere.
Who'da thunk?
Cheers,
Naked Ape
PS: I believe the company name is correctly spelled MonSatan, and it's motto "Food, Health, Hope" is just a short list of the things that they enjoy killing.
Had to check the comments just to see if Mahigan (that old wolf) picked up on this entry - he doesn't miss a trick does he? ;-)
Anyone up for this?
http://www.seeds.ca/