Monsanto: A Great American Company

[felix rex]

Is there anything more noble than feeding the hungry. I mean, imagine when Old Man Monsanto was a boy and he probably volunteered a soup kitchen or something one Thanksgiving and was like "what if did that all the time but for a living? You know, be really really ridiculously good at feeding hungry people."

I bet everyone laughed at him. But not now, Monsantito, not now.

[Headinjun]

I think it's the whole farmer harassment thingy and them having a former counsel on the Supreme Court who  helped them to do the farmer harassment thingy. 

Plus their end products make us nothing but a bunch of fat asses living off the government dole, literally. 

 

I'm open to refutation on this, but I know a few farmers who don't have anything nice to say about them.

[star seed 7]

Honestly never heard of it.

[Kat Kid]

I think it's the whole farmer harassment thingy and them having a former counsel on the Supreme Court who  helped them to do the farmer harassment thingy. 

Plus their end products make us nothing but a bunch of fat asses living off the government dole, literally. 

 

I'm open to refutation on this, but I know a few farmers who don't have anything nice to say about them.

fact: farmers are grumpy because God made them that way.

[steve dave]

http://www.amazon.com/Windup-Girl-Paolo-Bacigalupi/dp/1597801585

[Bloodfart]

http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-foods/indian-farmers-committing-suicide-monsanto-gm-crops/

[Bloodfart]

Those guys are dropping like flies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers'_suicides_in_India

[slobber]

http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-foods/indian-farmers-committing-suicide-monsanto-gm-crops/

Suicide isn't funny, but that article is.

[slobber]

fyi, organic farming is not sustainable. We cannot feed the world with organic farming. There is just not enough farm land.

[Bloodfart]

fyi, organic farming is not sustainable. We cannot feed the world with organic farming. There is just not enough farm land.

Yes, but growing a select few crops is not the answer either. 

[slobber]

fyi, organic farming is not sustainable. We cannot feed the world with organic farming. There is just not enough farm land.

Yes, but growing a select few crops is not the answer either.

I fully agree.

[Rage Against the McKee]

http://www.amazon.com/Windup-Girl-Paolo-Bacigalupi/dp/1597801585

Would you recommend this book, or are you just posting it because it relates to Monsanto?

[steve dave]

http://www.amazon.com/Windup-Girl-Paolo-Bacigalupi/dp/1597801585

Would you recommend this book, or are you just posting it because it relates to Monsanto?

it's really good. IRL the author hates the crap out of Monsanto is why I posted it though.

[Emo EMAW]

Is Monsanto the company that came up with that Roundup resistant soybean?

Someone I might be related to always holds back some beans in the fall to plan the next summer.  You're not supposed to do that because you're supposed to buy their beans for seed and pay some "technology fee."  He says eff that!

[steve dave]

Is Monsanto the company that came up with that Roundup resistant soybean?

Someone I might be related to always holds back some beans in the fall to plan the next summer.  You're not supposed to do that because you're supposed to buy their beans for seed and pay some "technology fee."  He says eff that!

I think I know your relative, is his name EVERY FARMER ON THE ENTIRE PLANET?

[Rage Against the McKee]

http://www.amazon.com/Windup-Girl-Paolo-Bacigalupi/dp/1597801585

Would you recommend this book, or are you just posting it because it relates to Monsanto?

it's really good. IRL the author hates the crap out of Monsanto is why I posted it though.

It looks interesting. I'll give it a read. Should I read "The Calorie Man" first?

[Rage Against the McKee]

Is Monsanto the company that came up with that Roundup resistant soybean?

Someone I might be related to always holds back some beans in the fall to plan the next summer.  You're not supposed to do that because you're supposed to buy their beans for seed and pay some "technology fee."  He says eff that!

If this guys ever pisses you off, you can just tell that to Monsanto and they will sue his pants off.

[steve dave]

http://www.amazon.com/Windup-Girl-Paolo-Bacigalupi/dp/1597801585

Would you recommend this book, or are you just posting it because it relates to Monsanto?

it's really good. IRL the author hates the crap out of Monsanto is why I posted it though.

It looks interesting. I'll give it a read. Should I read "The Calorie Man" first?

Probably. Don't have to though. It's a short story that kind of leads into The Windup Girl.

[Emo EMAW]

Is Monsanto the company that came up with that Roundup resistant soybean?

Someone I might be related to always holds back some beans in the fall to plan the next summer.  You're not supposed to do that because you're supposed to buy their beans for seed and pay some "technology fee."  He says eff that!

I think I know your relative, is his name EVERY FARMER ON THE ENTIRE PLANET?

Hey SD!  I think we're having a party this summer at "the shop."  Wanna come?    It's gonna be a gas!

[slobber]

Is Monsanto the company that came up with that Roundup resistant soybean?

Someone I might be related to always holds back some beans in the fall to plan the next summer.  You're not supposed to do that because you're supposed to buy their beans for seed and pay some "technology fee."  He says eff that!

and when he gets caught and sued for breech of contract, he will be one of those farmers that says really bad things about Monsanto. They have other options, but no, they chose to break the law. I feel no sympathy for them, similar to not feeling sympathy for somebody who gets a speeding ticket for driving 80 in 65. There are risks, but do what you want, just don't cry about getting caught.

[Emo EMAW]

Whoa whoa chill out dobbs!

[steve dave]

dobbs leaves for awhile, comes back and whips Emo EMAW's ass.

[Rage Against the McKee]

I have some sympathy for the farmer who holds back beans to plant the next fall, because there are no soybeans that aren't roundup ready anymore, and roundup doesn't even work like it used to. Monsanto has made their money, and they should not be able to still be milking this "roundup ready" thing in 2013.

[steve dave]

I have some sympathy for the farmer who holds back beans to plant the next fall, because there are no soybeans that aren't roundup ready anymore, and roundup doesn't even work like it used to. Monsanto has made their money, and they should not be able to still be milking this "roundup ready" thing in 2013.

yeah, you will like those books.

[puniraptor]

Is Monsanto the company that came up with that Roundup resistant soybean?

Someone I might be related to always holds back some beans in the fall to plan the next summer.  You're not supposed to do that because you're supposed to buy their beans for seed and pay some "technology fee."  He says eff that!

and when he gets caught and sued for breech of contract, he will be one of those farmers that says really bad things about Monsanto. They have other options, but no, they chose to break the law. I feel no sympathy for them, similar to not feeling sympathy for somebody who gets a speeding ticket for driving 80 in 65. There are risks, but do what you want, just don't cry about getting caught.

apart from the legal risks, most farmers don't do this because you lose the homogeny of the GE cloned seed and your plants will have unpredictable properties from natural genetic variation. Probably not a big deal for soybeans, but if your wheat is growing at all different heights its a problem.