Monsanto's "Roundup Ready" seed has created a revolution in farming. The GMO seed is used in nearly all crops in nearly all conventional farms... and has likely infiltrated Organic seed as well. There's a strong possibility that the prevalence of the GMO has even displaced conventional, original, and heirloom seeds such that in the near future (if not already) there will be no corn, bean, rye, alfalpha or other crops planted that do not contain the gene. Read this High Country News article from 2007 to get a better picture. "Food Inc." also documents the way that "frankenfoods" have taken over and how Monsanto has used its corporate power to put seed cleaners out of business (on breach of contract grounds) for trying to save and reuse non-GMO seeds.
Just last month SCOTUS (with only Stevens dissenting) provided another win for corporate America by reversing an injunction that ceased distribution of Roundup ready seed until an EIS could be conducted (read the summary here).
Full speed ahead Frankenfood.
Unfortunately Monsanto and GMO's and Roundup are here to stay, but awareness
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