Stories From Monsanto...

As a global force, Monsanto is producing stories everyday, from the GMO seeds sprouting in people's gardens to the closed door whispers planning the future. Today, as a snapshot in time, The Guardian reported a French court found Monsanto guilty of poisoning a farmer, producing neurological problems via the Lasso weedkiller. Is this a win for the organic growers movement? Monsanto says they are disappointed with the ruling, that there is not sufficient evidence for a causal relationship between their product and the farmer's problems. 47 cases have been recognised as due to pesticides in the past 10 years. If there is a battle waging, the organic growers have more to prove.

See, I would love to set about some experiment proving the damage of chemicals. A carefully controlled study pitting the conventional against the purely organic. But then I would have to play around with chemicals. Risking my own neurological damage... Who wants to give me some land?

Have you seen the documentary "The World According to Monsanto?" Or any youtube clips? On Facebook today, one of my friends posted a link to "Scientists From Inside Monsanto". All of this is part of the world I've inherited. Crazy. Insane.