• On the soap box…

    A note to all the currently-unoccupied “Occupy Wall Street” folks.  Why not target a truly greedy and evil company:  Monsanto? If there has been a company more responsible for despoiling our earth and our food supply it is this chemical giant.  Particularly galling are all Monsanto’s ads proclaiming its dedication to “sustainable agriculture”.  In fact, Monsanto’s only real dedication has been to its bottom line.  Now some financial advisers have finally put it on their “sell” list. Monsanto’s biggest claim to fame has been the promotion of Genetically Modified foods.  They’ve made all sorts of claims for GM products such as corn and soybeans:  higher yields and disease resistance, in particular. …