... but these crops could feed their starving people.

That's a problem, too.

and I fear for their people, and all who eat it via export/no labelling.

Knee jerk, much?

They spend millions upon millions of dollars to prohibit testing and labelling of their product. They bought out an independent testing laboratory which was researching bee deaths from their product. They sue farmers whose fields become contaminated with GMO seed. They are attempting to patent "food" in general. There is a Monsanto person in the FDA. Supreme Court "justice" Clarence Thomas once worked for them and refuses to recuse himself when Monsanto cases appear before him.

If their product was actually good, they'd =want= labels and testing proving it's great, so that people could buy it and nothing else.

I won't need any luck, unless luck is involved in avoid conversations like these.

That's a bit telling and make me wonder if they are playing to their perceived audience.

Monsanto's GMO seeds and Bill Gates Foundation money are a big problem.

... that GMO crops have made to reducing hunger in Africa?

You certainly have implied that to be the case. If that is true, then YOU need to do more research.

I will not try to convince you that Monsanto is not "evil". Just do not assume that I am ignorant just because we disagree. It kinda makes you look foolish, opinionated, and uncivil.

Food doesn't get to people because they have no power. Giving further control of the food supply to transnational private companies is not likely to benefit anybody's food security. The solution to hunger is to empower hungry people via democracy and ownership of their societies.

Even though they could grow their own food if the crops had the correct pest resistance, we continue to force them to be dependent on others.

That's the same damned thing Monsanto pulls.

disapproval of Monsanto's attempts to make people dependent on GMOs?

I don't understand what your point of view is exactly.

Doesn't getting people dependent on GMOs make them dependent on companies like Monsanto to provide the seeds?

This is the problem with attempting to argue this topic at DU. The emotional baggage is heavy that most posters are nearly nonfunctional.

And I'm the one told to do more research. Sheesh.

that you may have that leads you to that point of view. You may have some information that I don't have.

My impression is that GMO patents are mostly held by a handful of transnational companies like Monsanto. You may have a different understanding. What is your impression of who is patenting GMOs ?

My point is that, despite some gaudy profits made by banks by speculating on food prices, some people are starving because of backward thinking about GMOs.

If you were starving or malnourished and I offered you a cup of rice, would you first ask me for assurances that none of the rice came from GMOs? I doubt it.

If half your country was suffering from food shortages because a parasitic weed was infesting your staple crop and I offered you a genetically engineered solution, would you, as president of that country, immediately invoke a ban on GMO crops?

Every year, 15 million children die of hunger. How many people have died from anything caused by consuming genetically altered food?

My impression is that Monsanto has a virtual monopoly over GMO patents.

If a country depends on GMOs it seems like they become dependent on Monsanto. And they also help increase Monsanto's money and power.

Here are some things I have read that have lead me to this impression.

Documentary reveals tragic toll of GMOs in India


Monsanto latest court triumph cloaks massive market power

DOJ Mysteriously Quits Monsanto Antitrust Investigation

The Planet Versus Monsanto


I don't know anything about the health affects of GMOs although I've heard some bad things. I do have a political problem with a company that claims ownership over life and forces farmers into dependency relationships.

I most certainly can and will, but with someone else.

and dissing them is possibly against the rules of this Group.

Some day, when your hatred for Monsanto dissipates and you are able to talk about GMOs without ranting on and on about Monsanto, I could educate about the role of GMOs in feeding starving people. It's already happening, but that bit of information is counter to your obsession.