Monsanto – friend or foe to the hungry?

In the middle of a global food crisis, Monsanto invests in Brazilian sugarcane ethanol, and projects record profits for 2008. Is the mammoth company exploiting the crisis to sell more biotech seeds, claiming that, despite evidence to the contrary and of the ultimate constraints of natural systems, new technology can always win higher yields to meet an ever-growing demand curve? Gristmill Blog contributor Meredith Niles argues that “Monsanto’s real focus is a profit margin that unfortunately comes at the expense of small-scale farmers and the environment.” Full Story: Grist