Interesting discussion herein about the way that Monsanto buys out the needed government officials and the needed university laboratory specialists:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:joERDRm7QN8J:www.gmfreeireland.org/news/2009/sep.php+%22don+Huber%22+%2B+catastrophe%22+%2B+Monsanto+%2B+glyphosate&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=usPLEASE NOTE: YOU do have to scroll down a bit to get to this story - the first real article on this page.
Last year, Steve Hixon, who runs a seed cleaning company in Illinois spoke out about the control that Monsanto has over the ecosystem through various factors -
Hixon:
"By donating a million bucks to each school, Monsanto can expect taxpayers to pick up the remaining tab on what would have cost them a billion on their own. This doesn't include their added funding from the USDA and farmers' check-off dollars." Hixon added that the company can then use the money it saved to buy more seed companies.
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