Monsanto Horror Stories Legit or Not?

[Joe_K]

Watching a documentary on farming crops, seeds, planting etc. on the TV channel Pivot. I don't usually watch this channel and normally wouldn't have a great interest in this sort of thing but after a long work and School week when I got home this evening the Wife was allready watching it and I'm too tired to not watch it, so here I am.

The basic premise so far is Monsanto is a seed Cartel that is run by the descendents of Hitler and Mao.

Since my Grandfather who was a Farmer his whole life isn't around to get his insight I ask you the scholarly and informed to shed some light and opinion on this subject.

Velocitas, Opprimere,
Violentia Operandi

[rondog]

Don't know for sure but I've heard similar things.

[Bailey Guns]

The farmers up here sure put up a lot of Monsanto crop signs in their fields. I've always thought the Monsanto bashing came mostly from the left and tend to think they do more good than not in terms of bringing crop products to market. But I'm no expert.

[buffalobo]

Monsanto is a large company with profit motive. They exist to produce and sell products to make profit for share holders.

They are no particular friend to anyone and their actions are easy to twist and villify.

While no particular friend to anyone, their tech advancements and seed products make it possible for a few to produce food for many.

Thay are not quite the villains they are portrayed as nor are they looking out for your best interests.

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[Great-Kazoo]

Monsanto, Pharma corps, gun ind. it's all about character assassination. Hitler & Mao?? seriously..............

I'd be more concerned about the national seed repository's scattered around the globe. Who controls them, who decides when and if distribution will be done, etc.

[Joe_K]

Monsanto, Pharma corps, gun ind. it's all about character assassination. Hitler & Mao?? seriously..............

I'd be more concerned about the national seed repository's scattered around the globe. Who controls them, who decides when and if distribution will be done, etc.

Not my opinion at all. The folks narrating and being interviewed in the documentary were talking about Monsanto the way you would expect someone to talk about a vicious dictator. Hushed tones, insinuations, bold accusations etc.

Velocitas, Opprimere,
Violentia Operandi

[Irving]

Not my opinion at all. The folks narrating and being interviewed in the documentary were talking about Monsanto the way you would expect someone to talk about a vicious dictator. Hushed tones, insinuations, bold accusations etc.

Velocitas, Opprimere,
Violentia Operandi

That is to be expected when someone threatens your livelihood.

[theGinsue]

Not a fan of Monsanto.

They've bankrupted farmers who've refused to buy Momsanto seeds for their crops after proving that those famers had Monsanto seed originated plants in their fields - caused by the inevitible wind/bird carry of those seeds from nearby fields.

Monsanto has also made it their mission to control the access to small pkg plant seeds used by folks for their backyard gardens. They've made it very difficult for you and me to find non-GMO "heirloom" seeds. Monsanto's genetic manipulation of their seeds prevents the seeds from their plants to be harvested for growing crops/gardens beyond 1 year. This ensures folks will have to buy more seeds next year, etc.

While Monsanto's GMO seeds do produce more crop yield per acre, they are GMO crops. I understand that by increasing yield it keeps the cost of foodstuffs down, but I don't trust GMO produce. Yeah, I know that just about every vegetable I buy canned or fresh at the grocery store is genetically modified, but I can't help but wonder what long term effects mankind will experience from these foods. I prefer my food as close to what God created than anything man modified.

Just my opinion.

[CS1983]

You might be interested in Order 81 and Iraq.

[ChadAmberg]

Not a fan of Monsanto.

They've bankrupted farmers who've refused to buy Momsanto seeds for their crops after proving that those famers had Monsanto seed originated plants in their fields - caused by the inevitible wind/bird carry of those seeds from nearby fields.

From what I understand, this isn't quite the right story, but is the one that's talked about. The actual original story was something like the farmer was actually doing something unethical, and that story got modified and twisted into a big bad monsanto picking on the little farmer story. And it's only happened one time, but the stories got twisted into the normal urban legend of "father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate" had it happen to them.