11-30-2013, 03:40 AM
The largest GMO Companies are;
Monsanto
Pioneer Hi-Bred Int.
Sygenta
Dow Agriscience
BASF
Bayer Cropscience
The 8 largest food Companies that use GMO(90% of food in Grocery stores) are;
Mars
General Mills
Kraft
Nestle
Pepsico
Coca Cola
Unilever
About Monsanto;
Monsanto was a pioneer in applying the biotechnology industry business model to agriculture, using techniques developed by Genentech and other biotech drug companies in the late 1970s in California. In this business model, companies invest heavily in research and development, and recoup the expenses through the use and enforcement of biological patents. Monsanto's application of this model to agriculture, along with a growing movement to create a global, uniform system of plant breeders' rights in the 1980s, came into direct conflict with customary practices of farmers to save, reuse, share and develop plant varieties.
[i] Its seed patenting model has also been criticized as biopiracy and a threat to biodiversity.
To fight Monsanto, encourage biodiversity, insure healthy eating for your family, and stimulate the local economy; Buy locally produced organic food. Increased demand will lead to increased supply.
Monsanto
Pioneer Hi-Bred Int.
Sygenta
Dow Agriscience
BASF
Bayer Cropscience
The 8 largest food Companies that use GMO(90% of food in Grocery stores) are;
Mars
General Mills
Kraft
Nestle
Pepsico
Coca Cola
Unilever
About Monsanto;
Monsanto was a pioneer in applying the biotechnology industry business model to agriculture, using techniques developed by Genentech and other biotech drug companies in the late 1970s in California. In this business model, companies invest heavily in research and development, and recoup the expenses through the use and enforcement of biological patents. Monsanto's application of this model to agriculture, along with a growing movement to create a global, uniform system of plant breeders' rights in the 1980s, came into direct conflict with customary practices of farmers to save, reuse, share and develop plant varieties.
[i] Its seed patenting model has also been criticized as biopiracy and a threat to biodiversity.
To fight Monsanto, encourage biodiversity, insure healthy eating for your family, and stimulate the local economy; Buy locally produced organic food. Increased demand will lead to increased supply.