Over the last century, Monsanto has become the most powerful company in the agricultural industry by putting profits over people, globalizing their markets, and producing and selling their products unethically in order to monopolize the food we eat. The expansion and globalization of Monsanto has negatively affected people throughout the world and the food they are able to buy. All around the world Monsanto has bought up conventional and genetically modified (GMO) seed suppliers in order to dominate
SCENE 1: (audio) “Monsanto can do anything they want to you, and put anything they want into your foods. There’s nothing you can do about it.” Quote by, Jesse Ventura SCENE 2: (audio) NARRATOR: “Growing better together.” Well, at least that’s what they are claiming. Since the creation of the corporation, it has been damaging the environment and the people. They’ve been hiding and concealing the dark truth. They are Monsanto. SCENE3: (reshoot): **CEO/Important Official from Monsanto slams desk**
This paper will research the life of a food lobbyist. According to The freedictionary.com, lobbying involves the advocacy of an interest that is affected, actually, or potentially, by the decisions of government leaders. Often, they are hired by companies to represent them. Lobbyists can be found at all levels of government, from the Prince George’s county council to the Maryland State Capital in Annapolis to the United States Capital and the White House. Political analyst James Thurber estimates
Doctors never gave a cause, but academic studies — including a 2008 paper on Paraguay published by the American Academy of Pediatrics — say herbicides, specifically Glyphosate, cause birth malformations. (Gilbert) However, Monsanto says Glyphosate is safe and that “it is one of the most thoroughly tested herbicides in the world.” They also say that it is not a carcinogen, and despite the fact that International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded that Glyphosate belongs in a 2A category
nutrients for many organisms. Since the industrialization of farming and urban development, an increase in human/animal waste and commercial fertilizers has been the result of nutrient pollution in our creeks, rivers, and oceans. The purpose of this paper is to address questions such as “most considerable impact on an individual,” “how might a person’s life change while reducing nutrient pollution,” and “the balance of personal choices with environmental consideration.” Addressing these questions will
The Kenyan horticulture includes a broad range of fruits, vegetables and an export-oriented flower sector. In this report, however, the depiction (and further analysis) of the horticulture supply chain focuses on fresh fruits, (leafy) vegetables and potatoes. The scope proposed brings the focus necessary to the subsequent analysis. Kenya’s tropical and temperate climate zones allow all year-round cultivation of a wide range of crops. High soil fertility and competitive labour force also help horticultural