Belligerent strongman seeks control of America’s food supply

In the early years, the St. Louis biotech giant helped pioneer such leading chemicals as DDT, PCBs, and Agent Orange. Unfortunately, these breakthroughs had a tendency to kill stuff. And the torrent of lawsuits that comes from random killing put a crimp on long-term profitability. - See more at: http://www.independent.co.ug/news/news-analysis/8573-the-monsanto-menace#sthash.VrV105kF.dpuf

So Monsanto hatched a less lethal, more lucrative plan. The company would attempt to take control of the world’s food supply. It began in the mid-’90s, when Monsanto developed genetically modified (GM) crops such as soybeans, alfalfa, sugar beets, and wheat. These Franken-crops were immune to its leading weed killer,

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