Entries tagged as ‘Monsanto’
Originally posted on RedGreenandBlue.org on 10/28/09
Mean Joe Green #77: Bill Gates Forced to Support GMO’s
I think Bill may be a bit confused about Apple’s success…

Categories: Enviro-Political · Green Options
Tagged: Apple, Bill Gates, Cartoon, GE crops, GEI, genetically modified organisms, GMO, Mean Joe Green, Monsanto
Originally posted on RedGreenandBlue.org on 5/4/09
Monsanto, the company that brought you saccharine, aspartame, herbicides 2,4,5-T, DDT, Agent Orange, a variety of plastics including polystyrene, synthetic fibers, bovine growth hormone (BST, rBGH), PCBs, nuclear weapons, the potentially carcinogenic RoundUp, a variety of maize that may cause liver and kidney toxicity, lawsuits against small farmers who do not want to use their products, a myriad of environmental disasters, and genetically modified crops that are introduced into our food system without proper labelling or proper testing for safety–now offers up in its defense their very own genetically modified blogger.
Before we get to said blogger I’d like to link this passage from Wikipedia, offering a very small taste of Monsanto’s activity in the US (I have linked to much more information after the cartoon).
In the United States
The non-profit Center for Food Safety listed 112 lawsuits by Monsanto against farmers for claims of seed patent violations. The Center for Food Safety’s analyst stated that many innocent farmers settle with Monsanto (agree to use their GMO seeds) because they cannot afford a time consuming lawsuit. Monsanto is frequently described by farmers as “Gestapo” and “Mafia” both because of these lawsuits and because of the questionable means they use to collect evidence of patent infringement.
Monsanto is responsible for more than 50 United States Environmental Protection Agency Superfund sites.
With such a damaging past (and present) why wouldn’t Monsanto want to blog about all the good they do in the world?

Also worthy of a raised eyebrow–former Monsanto employees that recently held or currently hold positions in US government agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Supreme Court include Clarence Thomas, Michael Taylor, Ann Veneman and Linda Fisher. Fisher has been back and forth between positions at Monsanto and the EPA. Even former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld earned $12 million from increased stock value when his former company G.D. Searle & Company was sold to Monsanto in 1985.
Related articles and websites
Monsanto’s Started a Blog: Conversation with Critics, or the Same Old PR?
Millions Against Monsanto (filled with tons of articles detailing the destructive practices of Monsanto)–Take Action here!
Patent for a Pig (Movie)
Controlling Our Food (Movie)
Categories: Enviro-Political · Green Options
Tagged: GE food, genetically engineered food, genetically modified organisms, GMOs, Mean Joe Green, Millions Against Monsanto, Monsanto, Monsanto blog
Originally posted on RedGreenandBlue.org on 1/15/09
We have a winner!
A few notes before I announce. Thanks to all who submitted a caption. I liked them all (read: most of them) a great deal. I learned that Palin whispering to a moose garners a more enthusiastic response than does a bee and a flower (eyeball or no eyeball). I’ll remember that when it comes time to do this again.
As for the winner, being an environmental/political blog I had to choose one with a political theme. That automatically ruled out a few good ones–and kept in play captions hinting at GMO’s and/or surveilance and/or what is being done to combat CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder). That said, the winner is: Laurel J. of Boulder Colorado!
Thanks Laurel. And thanks everyone who submitted.

Monsanto related info
Monsanto 1, Common Sense 0 … For Now
Millions Against Monsanto Campaign
Categories: Enviro-Political · Green Options
Tagged: caption contest winner, Cartoon, GMO, Mean Joe Green, Millions Against Monsanto, Monsanto