Because it's far worse to eat genetically modified food than to starve to death!
The report noted that three big companies now control more than half of the global seed market – a position that has sent prices soaring. The report said the average cost of planting an acre of soybeans had risen 325% between 1995 and 2011.
Music star Bono, representatives from big agribusiness, and the leaders of developing countries gathered in Washington Friday for the announcement of a new agreement, under which private companies will contribute $3 billion toward food security in Africa.
While G8 countries work to solve their budgetary problems, private companies including Monsanto, Dupont, Cargill, and Vodafone have agreed to contribute $3 billion toward the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, in an effort to lift 50 million people out of poverty over the next 10 years. The initiative is largely aimed at helping African farmers produce and sell their crops.
They are the worst corporation on earth.
I thought Monsanto were evil and scary
I'm not a fan of Monsanto by any means, I'm well aware of what they are doing to American farmers.
Having said that, Bono has his own agenda, and is not a useful idiot.
There's no question Bono has a very anthropogenic stance towards how Africa can develop. He's spoken several times about his hopes for Africa's natural resources to be fully exploited (trees, gas, oil etc) and it wouldn't surprise me if he has taken an acute interest into the potentiality of GM crops. I have no idea to what degree he has aligned himself to Monsanto, but it wouldn't be utterly beyond the realms of plausibility if he has given them his tacit approval.
Google his interview with Andrea Mitchell. I live near Camp David and read the interview after he attended the G8 summit. I was very disturbed about it and have only now started to accept that it's true. I'm so depressed. . Is anyone out there able to request a statement from him? Maybe he's gotten sucked into a bad thing but will realize it and do a 180.