Monsanto - An Angel In The Fight Against World Hunger, Or An Evil Empire?

Image by BASF - The Chemical Company via FlickrBy Mark Brohl

Farmers have for many years planted seeds in the spring, harvested in the fall, and after harvest reclaimed seeds for replanting in the next season. This practice is not only sensible, but economical as well. That has all changed with the huge growth of the Monsanto company.

Monsanto has developed a genetically engineered seed that is able to resist the company's own weed killer, Roundup. With the patenting of this genetically engineered seed an evil genie was let out of the bottle and it will probably be impossible to ever undo the consequences. Of course the consequences range from grave health concerns to an environmental nightmare, but this article is focusing on another issue that must not be forgotten.

Farming Will Never Be The Same

Due to the patent of these genetically engineered seeds, the farmers who buy them must sign an agreement that they will never reuse the seed or sell it to another farmer. This means that new seed must be purchased every year.

Monsanto has cashed in big on this monopoly. Seed sales and Roundup sales are booming and Monsanto has become an evil empire that will change the face of our environment. Monsanto has plenty of thugs on their payroll to demand strict compliance to the rules in the United States and around the world. Even if you are a farmer that does not use Monsanto's genetically altered seeds and have no intention of ever using them, you might very easily find yourself under the mighty arm of Monsanto when the wind, or birds, or water carries the unwanted seeds into your fields. Monsanto only needs to pull a sample from your field and if it is shown to contain his seeds, you will find yourself in a legal battle that you do not have the resources to win. Monsanto will by all means protect it's patent and certainly has the money and power to do so every time.

In Pursuit Of A Monopoly On The World's Food Supply

The Monsanto company presents itself as an agricultural company who is engaged in the fight against world hunger. Do not be fooled by this PR campaign. This company has no desire whatsoever to end world hunger, but rather is interested in profits and profits alone. Monsanto does not even so much as donate any of it's genetically modified seeds to help in the battle against world hunger. Actually they do the opposite. Monsanto has been busy buying up seed companies all around the world and strong-arming farmers everywhere to protect it's patents. The Monsanto company knows that if it owns the seed market then it controls the world's food supply. The ramifications of the growth of this evil empire are ghastly to contemplate.

Terminator Seeds

Monsanto's purchase of the Delta and Pine Land company has birthed the proliferation of terminator seeds. Delta and Pine Land as long been working with our very own USDA on genetically modified seeds and much of their work has centered around the development of these terminator seeds. This will save Monsanto a ton of money since he will no longer need to police all the farms around the world to make sure they are not selling his patented monopoly.

These seeds have been developed to literally commit suicide after the harvesting season and therefore there is no danger that farmers will save and reuse the seed the next growing season. They will have to go back to Monsanto and pay the piper year after year after year after year. All Monsanto really has to to now is to kick back and wait for it's seeds to contaminate every field on the globe and then sue each farm found to contain it's genetically modified abominations. It is really quite a simple plan but greed is the very essence of it.

No Help From The U.S. Government

Monsanto has already placed the United States Government in their hip-pocket through direct donations to both the Democratic party and the Republican party as well as huge dollars spent on lobbying. The government is now a pawn of this evil empire and this should make sane people tremble. It has been a long time since the government in America has feared the people which would mean liberty, instead we have learned to fear the government which adds up to tyranny. A tyrannical government controlled by an evil empire cannot be a good thing for America or the world. If the track record of Monsanto and our Federal Government were studied, thinking people would naturally fear this union.

According to polls over 80% of Americans would not buy genetically modified foods if they were labeled as such. Nevertheless these same Americans are actually unknowingly ingesting these dangerous GMOs in over 60% of the food they buy at the grocery store. The health hazards of ingesting these genetically alterated foods are not fully known as of yet but all evidence points to these GE seeds being very very bad for humans and animals alike.

Environmentally, the genetic pollution caused by the spread of these seeds is impossible to reverse and probably has already gone too far. It will literally change the face of our environment and the ramifications although not fully known at this writing are nevertheless quite frightening.

The seed terminator technology has effectively created a growing monopoly and one single point of control for food, namely, Monsanto. The reverberations of this alone should cause great concern among thinking people everywhere.

Say No To GMO's

We must stand up and use what is left of our freedom in this country to make a strong unified statement against unlabeled GM foods in our grocery stores. Every bit of genetically altered food sold in America should naturally be labeled since over 80% of Americans would not purchase these foods if they knew what they were made from. We must demand truthful labeling of these foods and then refuse to buy them if they have been genetically altered. It is that simple and yet it would be detrimental to the further success of the evil Monsanto Empire.

Please become informed about GMOs and then make your voice heard. Nothing less than a united stand against this evil will suffice. Will you stand up and do your part to stop this poisoning of the environment, humans, and animals, and this company's desire to control the world's food supply?

My name is Mark Brohl and I am passionate about health issues, and the state of the health of our wonderful America. I believe the American diet is literally killing us and that a steady flow of money and perks from the meat, egg, and dairy industries to the U.S. government is the reason we have had a long sustained brainwashing campaign that has precipitated the shift from a predominantly plant-based diet to an animal-based diet. The result has been an unprecedented increase in heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and cancers of all varieties. I believe Americans are suffering from a lack of truthful information concerning our diets. I enjoy writing motivational articles that will help to correct the problem regarding this lack of information and also examine the prevailing misinformation in the light of truth.

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