Monsanto
Hey everyone, Arielle here again. In my last post I raised an important question, "Why isn't Trinidad using GMOs yet?" This post aims to answer that. The biggest issue for a small country like Trinidad and Tobago to establish planting GM crops is the cost. The concept of the product itself is amazing; yes, there are some setbacks, but most of which can be solved, (some were covered in our previous posts). The major companies that produce these GM control production, distribution and use, and have a solid legal framework to ensure you go through them to acquire seeds each time you plant . GMOs Big Six Credit: Genetic Literacy Project The most common GM producer is Monsanto, which was founded in 1901 and became the face of industrial agriculture, as a major chemical company. Since then, Monsanto was in the spotlight of controversy as some of these chemicals were harmful. In 1994 they patented their first GMO product, Glyphosate Resistant, "Round-Up Ready&q
