Comments on: They Live!

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:34:04 +0000

No me gusta que Monsanto has the potential to do in the future. Just don’t even get me started on what Monsatan has done to food! Who knew jellyfish were OK to eat??

By: The Worsted Witch » Monsanto Man

The Worsted Witch » Monsanto Man — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:12:28 +0000

[...] Related articles: 1. Grass! On! The! Loose! 2. They Live! 3. Another BT Cotton Controversy [...]

By: The Worsted Witch » Another BT Cotton Controversy

The Worsted Witch » Another BT Cotton Controversy — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 03:43:17 +0000

[...] Bt cotton is cotton that has has been genetically modified by the insertion of one or more genes from a common soil bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis. “These genes encode for the production of insecticidal proteins, and thus, genetically transformed plants produce one or more toxins as they grow,” according to the University of Tennessee. (Read more about conventionally grown and genetically modified cotton in this previous post and about our friend and leading purveyor of Bt cotton, Monsanto, here.) [...]

By: Adelin

Adelin — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:27:50 +0000

I personally don’t see biotech as a bad thing — to me, it appears really more like an amoral cog in the big machinery of things. What *is* bad is the corporatism that goes along with the patenting of GMO food, and the high degree of greed and profit motivation behind the research. People have been genetically modifying food for centuries, be it by intentionally doing it themselves (hybridizing fruit) or by accident. The problem is really when corporations like Monsanto compel and coerce farmers to do their farming a certain way, with a certain seed, that places limits on those farmers while Monsanto can have free reign over the seed market.

That’s wrong.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:16:01 +0000

It’s shorter than Agents of Their Dark Lord Satan, although it may not pack the punch.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:15:32 +0000

If you’d like to join me, I call them “Monsatan”

No me gustan the superweeds. I am more worried about that aspect of the whole GMO thing than anything else.

By: margaux

margaux — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:51:55 +0000

dude. you’re freakin’ super smart. i invested in a canvas bag so that I don’t bring home any more of those plastic bags!! baby steps… i can do it.

did you ever ransack that quilt warehouse?? ;-)

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:47:09 +0000

Monsanto is the perfect example of the corporate octopus who has its tentacles reaching into every market sector. The movie “The Future of Food” shows how they are patenting seeds. Of plants that already existed, thanks to Mother Nature. It scares me that the govi-corp lets them get away with so much, but the best thing we can do is be ever vigilant against the beast. Buy local. Buy organic. Ask questions. Agitate. (Lather, rinse, repeat).
Keep up these great posts, Jasmin!

By: brooke

brooke — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 03:07:47 +0000

Wow, everything really is connected. (I’m so impressed each day by your mad research skills.)

By: Adelin

Adelin — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 02:18:54 +0000

Don’t forget Monsanto also produces Roundup, a conventional weedkiller advertised for use on sidewalks and home gardens. It’s awful for the environment, and is probably related to Agent Orange.

So Monsanto’s tactic is simple: Sell seeds (through a very restrictive contract that limits farmers and punishes them heavily for any infractions of seed use), and sell related chemical weedkiller that matches the plant’s genetically modified attributes. Voila, double whammy maximized profit. They roll in the dough, farmers get the shaft.

It pisses me off.