Monsanto 's A Sustainable Agricultural Company

Monsanto positions itself as a relatively new agricultural company having formed in 2002, and focused on supporting local farmers around the world. They also promote themselves as a guardian of the environment with a mission “to produce more food while conserving more” (Monsanto.com). Today’s Monsanto conglomerate also promotes itself as the “New Merchants,” a leading research company in the field of agriculture-crop production, as well as a strong supporter of public and private research through its grant, donations and University scholarship programs.

The world may be in danger of what Monsanto puts on families dinner tables. According to Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele’s article: Monsanto’s harvest of fear “Monsanto’s is the world leader in genetic modification of seeds and has 674 biotechnology patents”. 90% of the GMO’s in the world belong to Monsanto. The world has inherited Monsanto’s GMO’s in North and South America, Asia and Australia. Monsanto will eventually own food if consumers continue purchasing his GM products this reason being that Monsanto modifies its crops in order to make harvesting faster and easier making it more convenient to arrive on your dinner tables faster.

You may not have heard about Monsanto but you’ve probably eaten genetically modified foods. What do the two have in common and how are they killing us? Here are some hard facts. Monsanto is an international agriculture company whose history dates back to the early 20th century. They began by creating the artificial sweetener saccharin. Later they moved on to carcinogenic chemicals like Agent Orange, used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. After receiving numerous environmental violations and lawsuits, today Monsanto is involved in biotechnology and the agriculture business. Monsanto suggests that they help farmers grow bigger crops, faster, while using fewer resources. But what they leave out is how they

Monsanto is an American agrochemical corporation which manufactures pesticides and GMO crops. One of the most well recognized herbicides is Monsanto’s Roundup, which contains the carcinogen glyphosate. To prevent from killing the crops when farmers apply Roundup to their fields, Monsanto invented GMO versions of many staple crops such as corn, soybeans, and cotton which resist Roundup. Like the weeds, these GMO crops still absorb glyphosate, however the crops are able to stay alive through changes in their genetic makeup which make them herbicide resistant. The herbicide tolerance of certain crops has been adopted because it, “simplifies weed control to the use of a single herbicide and a flexible and easy management strategy” (Labrada, 2003), as well as decreasing the cost of weed control programs. As a result, Monsanto bought out most small farms and now owns 80% of the U.S. market share of corn and 93% of the U.S. market share of soy, which are then sold to modern food processing. Upwards of 75% of the processed food on American supermarket shelves contain genetically engineered ingredients. Not only are Americans consuming massive amounts of GMOs, which pose a huge health risk themselves, they are also consuming massive amounts of glyphosate, a chemical known to cause cancer and birth defects (Kruger, 2014). If society stopped consuming carcinogens, the cancer epidemic will be

Monsanto describes there work in a positive manner saying it is a breakthrough for the agricultural industry and they are trying to help farmers all over the world with crop problems. Such as pesticides, weeds, droughts and weather. They also claim to be an advantage because more food can be grown using GMOs and that’s what the world needs with the population drastically increasing over the years. “In about forty years, relentless dry spells may be more frequent across the Southwest, say climate scientists, and California may have more dry years like this one, in which a drought has crippled the agricultural sector” ( Ostrander, 6). Many people for GMOs say it’s a break though, because GMO crops can be grown regardless of the climate. However, there is nothing natural about the foods it is not worth harming the environment even more than our society already has.

the seed, they decided to redesign our legal system as well. The FDA is stuffed with

A direct quote said by Joel Salatin, the owner of Polyface Farms, states,”If we put glass walls on all the mega-processing facilities, we would have a different food system in this country.” This is a famous quote from the informational and eye opening movie Food Inc. The documentary was created to help change America’s views on the way they eat and how their food is produced. The American Society deserves to know the truth about how their food is being produced.

Take a good look at what you consume. You will soon realize that it is Monsanto’s creation of “frankenfood”. Frankenfood, also known as genetically modified muck, is extremely hazardous and detrimental to our health. Monsanto, the world’s largest agricultural and agrochemical biotechnology corporation is the modern day version of the worst villain and “the face of corporate evil” (Anderson e.p. 1). This company, made and run by humans, creates foods and other chemical infused products that cause adverse effects on both the environment and humanity. Instead of evolving and bringing about good changes to ourselves and the environment, we are doing the exact opposite. Humans always strive for better, but what we do not realize is that our careless

Things have been changing quickly in our world. GMOs have developed at an alarming pace, and are now being credited with being able to save millions from starvation. Seeds can be patented, when only a few years ago there were only public seed. The atomic bomb has been created and improved, and has the potency to wipe out all the life on our delicate planet. All these inventions and more can be attributed, in some way or another, to a chemical company called Monsanto. The Monsanto Company is an institution whose impact in the areas of chemicals and food has become a massive game-changer, but is also causing potentially dangerous side effects and consequences.

It doesn’t help that Monsanto also has power in politics, one of the Monsanto chiefs for food safety, Michael Taylor was actually appointed by Barrack Obama himself. Barrack Obama also appointed his Supreme Court judge: Elena Kagan, who happens to be the chief defender of Monsanto and GMO’s. Whether Republican or Democratic, Monsanto wields a strong power within politics that helps give them an edge in keeping their company going. (Obama). There are good aspects of Monsanto, like the efficiency of cheap seeds, and crops that can withstand the harsh behaviors of weathers, and the ability the crops have to survive a longer time. But not even the cheapest crops can cover up Monsanto’s long history of evil, from polluting the environment with PCB’s, the chemical Agent Orange, and the weed killer “Round-Up Ready”, to Monopolizing itself to being the owner of 90% of the seed industry and shutting down small

The Monsanto website contains valuable information for investor, employee, and customer stakeholder groups. Along with annual reports and stock performance tabs, the investors section contains a social responsibility and sustainability report. The report contains Monsanto’s sustainability goals of food security through improving harvests and farmers livelihoods. Additionally, Monsanto has an environmental initiative that includes carbon neutrality, resource conservation, greenhouse gas intensity, nutrient efficiency, irrigation efficiency, biodiversity, monarch habitat, and honeybee health (Monsanto Company, 2017). The social responsibility and sustainability report ensures investors, employees, and customers that they are investing, working,

The article Top 5 Companies with the Worst Environmental Impact by J. Anderson mentions the following five companies in descending order: Monsanto (MON), Archer-Daniels Midland (ADM), Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU), Ameren (AEE), and T. Rowe Price (TROW). It’s ironic that Monsanto is on this list of companies since Monsanto is designed to help people grow plants. Monsanto is listed since they grow genetically modified crops, which is considered a controversial practice. The genetically modified crops they grow are called Glyphosates, which have been previously connected to cancer and birth defects. Most importantly, as of 2001 Monsanto was listed by the EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) for being “potentially responsible” for

Monsanto, who is this company and what does Monsanto own, produce, and do as a corporation and how can I help stop Monsanto? At this point I am learning to grow edible food without pesticides and hope to feed my family and possible others as time goes by. Learning how to provide healthy and safe food for my family. I will continue to educate what little I know to the people willing to listen.

Monsanto is a company that some people may not be explicitly familiar with on a first name basis. However, the work that the company has done over the last century, with a larger emphasis on its most recent ventures, have been deeply engrained in our lives, our food, and our economy. Monsanto has those who advocate on their behalf in addition to their naysayers. While Monsanto has made huge strides in terms of biotechnology over the last couple of decades, their accomplishments, and the relevant methods, have not been free of criticism and controversy. In order to analyze Monsanto’s corporate environment, it is important to first explore their Strengths, Weaknesses,

I would like to start my essay with the definition of Corporate Social Responsibility and how I understand it. CSR that is a set of activities of the company that help to solve problems related to the ecology, society and economy, such activities help to improve people’s life. Frankly speaking, I knew that some companies help people and environment, but I never attach importance to this activities. But after two year of studying CSR I understood how it works and why company use it. I believe that company that provides activities that have great impact o society and environment has a competitive advantage over those companies that did not do it.