> "Monsanto pitched them as a way to curb the use of its pesticides. “We’re certainly not encouraging farmers to use more chemicals,” a company executive told The LA Times in 1994..."Figures from the United States Department of Agriculture show herbicide use skyrocketing in soybeans, a leading G.M. crop, growing by two and a half times in the last two decades"
As a child, I dreamed that I would grow up to a world where genetically modified organisms were the key to sustainable agriculture. We could have plants that eliminated the need for petroleum based fertilizers by enriching the soil like clover does and that are resistant to disease and insects. Instead we get Monsanto. Where they’ve turned large tracks of fertile land into a barren, sterile wasteland that can only grow their GMO crops. And lie to us about their GMO's reducing the use of chemicals.
It's a shame Monsanto has abused the potential of GMO to boost profits by selling more chemicals instead of using it for good.
As a child, I dreamed that I would grow up to a world where genetically modified organisms were the key to sustainable agriculture. We could have plants that eliminated the need for petroleum based fertilizers by enriching the soil like clover does and that are resistant to disease and insects. Instead we get Monsanto. Where they’ve turned large tracks of fertile land into a barren, sterile wasteland that can only grow their GMO crops. And lie to us about their GMO's reducing the use of chemicals.
It's a shame Monsanto has abused the potential of GMO to boost profits by selling more chemicals instead of using it for good.