Basically, it was everything in the grocery store. Scary. [link:http://paulshort.com/other-stuff/list-of-monsanto-brands-companies-to-boycott|

Looks intimidating at first - but then, since finances and health concerns have changed my buying and eating habits completely, I avoid processed foods, so not a difficult list at all. Can't avoid everything, but can be more aware.
(No need to say that all foods are processed in some way, that is a disingenuous and meant to misdirect.)

This is distressing. Between that and the Kochs, that's 90% of everything.

"Monsanto doesn't own any of those companies at all. This list is a list of companies that have some products which contain some of Monsanto's GMO products.

Also, Kraft/Phillip Morris split a number of years ago.

The list just needs to be more thoroughly fact-checked and re-memed as: List of Companies & Brands Which Contain Monsanto Products."

- my expert researcher & FB friend

Every farmer who makes the economic decision to buy Roundup ready soybeans does so voluntarily and may use any herbicide they choose, or no herbicide at all. It would be ridiculous to not use Roundup, but there is not mandate.

Keep in mind that soybean farmers demanded Roundup ready soybean. Wanted, clamored, and were excited for it. These GMO soybeans constitute 93% of the beans planted because that's what farmers want.

The argument against Monsanto gets dumber every day.

The arguments against Monsanto may be futile, because of money, but they are not dumb.
The main argument for Monsanto seems to be that what we eat should be dictated by someone else' bottom line.

If most farmers are not selling what you want to eat, don't buy their product. Period. Blaming Monsanto for decisions made by farmers is ridiculous.

That would certainly make it easier to "make decisions about the food we eat".
But labeling foods as GMO is fought bitterly.
Why is that?
It is so people cannot easily make decisions about the food they eat.

not you personally. Millions are being spent against state initiatives regarding GMO labeling.
Monsanto stands to lose if people refuse to buy GMO products.
If people refuse to buy GMO products, farmers will, I assume, stop planting them.
If farmers stop using GMO seeds, then, presumably, Monsanto would lose money or go in a different direction.
If entire countries are banning GMO, then looks like bought-and-paid-for United States might be the last tame and willing bastion.
Are the farmers in countries that ban GMO seeds being suppressed? They really want to go the Monsanto way?
I am curious about that.

There are so many unjustified fears about GMOs out there that putting a "warning label" that "this food contains GMOs" will only make it worse. And, do you really think that food producers pay any attention to whether or not they are buying GMO corn, soybean, etc? Do operators of grain elevators segregate GMO crops from non GMO crops? I doubt it. Sorting it all out will take a massive overhaul of the entire food system -- for a nonexistent problem.

A lot of cotton is now GMO. Do you want your clothing labeled, too?

We should have some assurances that our food supply is not full of GMO products. At the very least we need labeling. They are afraid to do this because they have already introduced GMOs into just about every food product in grocery stores. They have made it almost impossible to avoid. So "don't buy their product" is a crass and mean statement, unrealistic for most Americans, especially those who can't afford the high price of Organics.

It's not up to us--not a matter of being helpless. There is no consumer protection, no regulation or government oversight-- in this country now. We should be able to TRUST our food supply. But we can't.

Absolutely we should blame Monsanto. For perpetrating one of the biggest cons on the planet. For jeopardizing the health of millions, ultimately billions.

But all you've got is "buyer beware?" How selfish.

I don't have any of the money or influence it takes to change things at the source.
I am living on SS and supporting two other people. Avoiding GMO stuff is a huge burden for us - I am not being flippant or speaking from a position of having enough money to always buy organic.
What is your solution, since mine is considered crass and mean? It is the only solution I have right now, for myself.

--my reply was to Buzz Clik--who is essentially saying "buyer beware." NOT me. Read it again.

I am saying that buyer beware is NOT good enough--we SHOULD have strong consumer protections so that people are not in the situation of being industry guinea pigs because they can't afford "organic." We need labeling at the very least so people can see what they're buying.

I called Buzz Clik's POV "crass and mean"--not people who are forced into buyer beware because there is no one in the power position who is looking out for you / us. I said this is a huge burden on the average consumer.

Read again. I am on your side.

As it stands, buying organic should keep GMOs away from you.

Hopefully, resistance against labeling will change.

--it is not a "false" assumption. And what Monsanto has done to the growers is criminal.

Read post #16--not everyone can afford to buy organic.

Resistance against labeling will not change with hope alone.

The consumer has the right to know what they are eating, although I suppose that if we truly knew what was in our food, we'd be a lot slimmer.

If I were younger, I'd plant my own garden.

The ignorance in so many of these articles is startling.