"Partnering" with Monsanto and Pepsi to end world hunger? Call me skeptical...

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6. Do you know anything about how Monsanto operates their seed business?...

Their seeds are GMO and include a terminator gene so that no seeds can be harvested to be planted the next year. That way farmers have to buy from them every year. Their seeds require more pesticides and more water inputs than heritage seeds. So, it costs more to get a crop out of them (higher seed costs, pesticide costs, water costs) but the yields are the same or lower than heritage seeds. If pollen blows in the next farmer's field and end up fertilizing some of his heritage seed crops, then Monsanto can sue him and say that he stole their patented seed.

The proteins created by their gene-splicing have never before been seen on this planet. Therefore, none of the animals, including humans, have adapted to eat that protein string.

Does any of this sound altruistic to you?