Monsanto is known mostly as a genetically engineered seeds and agrochemical corporation, but few people realize just how far the company’s reach has extended over its 100-plus year history. They’ve been involved in everything from the highly toxic and destructive Agent Orange chemical used in Vietnam, to pharmaceuticals through their connections [...]
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It’s become well known in the alternative media that the Monsanto Company is more than just a producer of synthetic chemicals and genetically modified seed; it runs far deeper than that. The St. Louis area-based company also wields enormous political influence, seen in the success of former executives like Michael [...]
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In light of recent studies demonstrating the immense harm done to the environment and the health of living things by weed-killing chemicals, more and more people are going back to natural lawn care. The news that Monsanto’s best-selling Roundup herbicide, sprayed profusely in neighborhoods across the world, is a probable [...]
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The Monsanto Company has drawn the ire of protesters across the world, but its headquarters and most of its operations are located in the United States; in St. Louis, MO to be exact. Recent reports that Monsanto may be acquiring the Swiss rival and GMO seed competitor Syngenta have surfaced, [...]
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Rock and roll has always been steeped in defiance of authority, and it has also been used as a tool for social change and protest for decades as well. While most musicians choose to protest topics like illegal wars and occupations, or specific problems and injustices in certain songs, rarely [...]
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If the Monsanto Company is good at one thing, other than saturating the landscape with harsh agricultural chemicals and causing untold harm to people and the environment, of course, it’s playing the PR game to perfection. The company’s products have proliferated in large part due to their ability to cozy [...]
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Scifest Africa is South Africa’s National Science Festival, established in 1996 in order “to promote the public awareness, understanding and appreciation of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and innovation.” While the Monsanto Company would like to believe that anyone who opposes their genetically modified seeds, chemicals and crops are “impeding science,” [...]
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Activists everywhere are taking aim at the infamous TTIP including the famed TV chef Jamie Oliver, and for good reason: there’s a very real chance that the agreement could force unhealthy American style food on the world in general. Many people report stomach aches and other ailments they suffer [...]
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Monsanto’s aggressive ad campaign has taken a new twist, and now readers of one of the country’s biggest health magazines are in the crosshairs. The agrochemical and GMO seed giant recently chose Shape magazine and its 1.6 million readers as the distribution channel for its “Be Part of the [...]
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LeBron James is a two-time NBA champion and one of the most physically gifted and imposing players in the NBA, but as he continues to advance in age and years, he’s begun taking better care of his body. Despite the 30-year-old’s renewed focus on health, he still has made [...]
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