Monsanto's Cruel, and Dangerous, Monopolization on American Farming (2008)
The AughtsMay 2008 IssueMonsanto’s Harvest of FearMonsanto already dominates America’s food chain with its genetically modified seeds. Just as frightening as the corporation’s tactics–ruthless legal battles against small farmers–is its decades-long history of toxic contamination.By Donald L. SteeleApril 2, 2008No thanks: An anti-Monsanto crop circle made by farmers and volunteers in the Philippines.By Melvyn Calderon/Greenpeace HO/A.P.
- ▪The AughtsMay 2008 IssueMonsanto’s Harvest of FearMonsanto already dominates America’s food chain with its genetically modified seeds.
- ▪Just as frightening as the corporation’s tactics–ruthless legal battles against small farmers–is its decades-long history of toxic contamination.By Donald L.
- ▪SteeleApril 2, 2008No thanks: An anti-Monsanto crop circle made by farmers and volunteers in the Philippines.By Melvyn Calderon/Greenpeace HO/A.P.
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The AughtsMay 2008 IssueMonsanto’s Harvest of FearMonsanto already dominates America’s food chain with its genetically modified seeds. Now it has targeted milk production. Just as frightening as the corporation’s tactics–ruthless legal battles against small farmers–is its decades-long history of toxic contamination.By Donald L. Barlett and James B. SteeleApril 2, 2008No thanks: An anti-Monsanto crop circle made by farmers and volunteers in the Philippines.By Melvyn Calderon/Greenpeace HO/A.P. Images.Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyGary Rinehart clearly remembers the summer day in 2002 when the stranger walked in and issued his threat.
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