Sunday, September 16, 2012

#6: Malicious Propaganda.


Monsanto is a company that produces products for genetically modified crops, to the public eye. Because of the widespread propaganda, such as billboards with titles “America’s Farmers Grow America,” people do not know of their wrong doings. There are not billboards posted mentioning them being sued, taking lives, and trespassing onto organic farmer’s farmland.

Monsanto’s RoundUp products help kill weeds that may appear on farmer’s land, without harming the crops. Sounds like a great idea, for those who do not want to grow organically. However, many American’s want to eat healthy, and organic crops are a necessity. Monsanto has been suing local farmers of organic products due to finding traces of their genetically modified products on organic grower’s land.

Organic growers do not want these products, clearly. What Monsanto is doing is totally wrong in my viewpoint. Due to the recent law suits pressed against farmers, people have been taking their lives, and their children have been taking their lives as well. Farmers rely on their crops to grow and sell to make a living. With a law suit going on, their business is corrupted. Monsanto tests farmer’s products for traces of their GM products. Of course, how these products got here, isn’t due to the farmer’s placement of it.

What about wind storms, and changing weather? This surely could account for it. Organic growers count on their products to be organic! It is not their fault that a small trace of their product is found in their fields by sneaky investigation. Monsanto, to me, seems like a very malicious company. Why post billboards trying to act supportive of local organic farmers, when they’re the people behind the ruining of organic farmer’s lives by robbing them of their jobs? It’s all linked to propaganda, once Monsanto’s wrong doings were in the public eye, they quickly tried to rebound with positive billboards. It seems to me that they know of their wrong doings, and are now, like the organic growers, trying to save their business.

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