{"id":185,"date":"2012-02-22T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/monsanto-worst-company-of-2011-natural-society.html"},"modified":"2012-02-22T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T13:00:00","slug":"monsanto-worst-company-of-2011-natural-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/monsanto-worst-company-of-2011-natural-society.html","title":{"rendered":"Monsanto Worst Company of 2011 &mdash;Natural Society"},"content":{"rendered":"Back in 2010, a survey by Covalence found Monsanto to be the\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/01\/least-ethical-company-in-the-world.html\">\nleast ethical company in the world.<\/a>\nAnother year, another award for Monsanto!\n<p>\nMichelle Schoffro Cook wrote for care2 1 February 2012,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.care2.com\/greenliving\/monsanto-wins-worst-company-of-2011-award.html\">\nMonsanto Wins Worst Company of 2011 Award<\/a>,\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.care2.com\/greenliving\/monsanto-wins-worst-company-of-2011-award.html\">\n<img align=\"right\" border=0 width=\"221\" height=\"133\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/dingo.care2.com\/pictures\/greenliving\/1137\/1136053.large.jpg\"><\/a>\nNatural Society has awarded Monsanto the Worst Company of 2011 award\nfor its ongoing work to threaten human health and the environment.\nCurrently responsible for 90 percent of all genetically-modified (GM)\nseed in the US, the biotechnology giant is also the leader in developing\ngenetically-modified (GM) seeds and the resulting crops worldwide.\nBut Monsanto is perhaps best known for its herbicide Roundup, which\nmany experts link to soil damage and herbicide-resistant superweeds,\nnot to mention potential health problems.\n<\/blockquote>\nThe article gives plenty of reasons,\nand that was even before\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/02\/both-roundup-ready-corn-and-roundup-are-toxic-to-humans-scientific-evidence.html\">\nthe recent hard evidence that both Monsanto&#8217;s GM corn and Monsanto&#8217;s Roundup<\/a> are toxic to humans.\n<p>\nWhy do people keep growing that stuff around here and spraying Roundup on it?\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Back in 2010, a survey by Covalence found Monsanto to be the least ethical company in the world. 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