Comments on: Hating Monsanto – Do Boycotts Work? http://leslieland.com/2010/01/hating-monsanto/ in Kitchen and Garden and all around the House Sun, 20 May 2012 01:46:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Aly http://leslieland.com/2010/01/hating-monsanto/comment-page-1/#comment-4826 Aly Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:08:58 +0000 http://leslieland.com/?p=5165#comment-4826 According to the US government, Monsanto is effectively a person, since corporations have all the rights of individuals, and usually with less liability. I hate hate HATE Monsanto and what it has done to farmers and the environment, but I also don't think that would have been possible without help (mostly in the form of permissive laws) from the government. <em>You've got it right, Aly especially about the government. Monsanto would be unable to do most of the hateful things it does if the E.P.A. took its title seriously enough to recalibrate its risk/benefit analyses.</em> According to the US government, Monsanto is effectively a person, since corporations have all the rights of individuals, and usually with less liability. I hate hate HATE Monsanto and what it has done to farmers and the environment, but I also don’t think that would have been possible without help (mostly in the form of permissive laws) from the government.

You’ve got it right, Aly

especially about the government. Monsanto would be unable to do most of the hateful things it does if the E.P.A. took its title seriously enough to recalibrate its risk/benefit analyses.

]]> By: Matt Anderson http://leslieland.com/2010/01/hating-monsanto/comment-page-1/#comment-2994 Matt Anderson Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:19:21 +0000 http://leslieland.com/?p=5165#comment-2994 I just watched Food Inc last week. Monsanto is the evil empire. Yesterday I had lunch out at a local restaurant. I chose salmon served over spinach, thinking that I was making probably the best choice the menu had to offer. I ate it, but i couldn't get over the likelihood that the salmon was probably fed with corn, grown from seeds, manufactured by Monsanto. Oh, and don't forget the spinach... I just watched Food Inc last week. Monsanto is the evil empire. Yesterday I had lunch out at a local restaurant. I chose salmon served over spinach, thinking that I was making probably the best choice the menu had to offer. I ate it, but i couldn’t get over the likelihood that the salmon was probably fed with corn, grown from seeds, manufactured by Monsanto. Oh, and don’t forget the spinach…

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]]> By: Tee Riddle http://leslieland.com/2010/01/hating-monsanto/comment-page-1/#comment-2118 Tee Riddle Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:58:13 +0000 http://leslieland.com/?p=5165#comment-2118 Monsanto is a heavily disliked corporation in the hearts of farmers and gardeners (and rightfully so), but there is another corporation I dislike very much - ConAgra. ConAgra is also known for trying to wipe out farmers (especially organic farmers) one plot of land at a time. I tried to avoid these two companies like the plague. What is funny about that is I love sunflower seeds, and for years I have always bought the David's brand of sunflower seeds. Well just the other day I was reading the back of the David's bag when I noticed the ConAgra logo! ACK! I have been cohorting with the devil! Needless to say I have found another sunflower seed distributor, but it too is probably owned by another heartless farm-killing corporation. Sigh Monsanto is a heavily disliked corporation in the hearts of farmers and gardeners (and rightfully so), but there is another corporation I dislike very much – ConAgra. ConAgra is also known for trying to wipe out farmers (especially organic farmers) one plot of land at a time. I tried to avoid these two companies like the plague.

What is funny about that is I love sunflower seeds, and for years I have always bought the David’s brand of sunflower seeds. Well just the other day I was reading the back of the David’s bag when I noticed the ConAgra logo! ACK! I have been cohorting with the devil!

Needless to say I have found another sunflower seed distributor, but it too is probably owned by another heartless farm-killing corporation. Sigh

]]> By: Anne http://leslieland.com/2010/01/hating-monsanto/comment-page-1/#comment-2114 Anne Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:49:42 +0000 http://leslieland.com/?p=5165#comment-2114 No. Monsanto IS evil. Anyone who bullies small farmers and threatens and destroys their livelihoods because they are falsely accused of stealing Monsanto's patented seeds knows exactly what they are doing. Just take a little peek at King Corn; or Food,Inc. (dvds) to see just what they are up to. Monsanto does NOT need your sympathy. They are fast becoming a monopoly; which at one time was not allowed.Actually, as described in these films, there are about four companies that pretty much own and run everything. It is about time that changed. No. Monsanto IS evil. Anyone who bullies small farmers and threatens and destroys their livelihoods because they are falsely accused of stealing Monsanto’s patented seeds knows exactly what they are doing. Just take a little peek at King Corn; or Food,Inc. (dvds) to see just what they are up to.

Monsanto does NOT need your sympathy. They are fast becoming a monopoly; which at one time was not allowed.Actually, as described in these films, there are about four companies that pretty much own and run everything. It is about time that changed.

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