I believe every story has two sides… at least.
If you are truly interested in agriculture and the effects of GMO’s, I highly recommend you spend some time on the Monsanto blog itself. They are very open to allowing dissenting opinions and take a great deal of time and effort to make their case in a respectful way.
If you are getting all your information from places like Food Inc, Ralph Nader, etc, I highly encourage you to continue your education by looking at the full picture.
Maybe it won’t change your mind, but it will at least make you a more educated consumer.
In this case, I thought I’d put links to the Haiti discussions that have been going on at the Monsanto blog.
Here are the links to the Haiti seed donation controversy:
Monsanto Donates Corn and Vegetable Seed to Haiti – Monsanto Blog – Beyond the Rows
No, there are no contracts involved with Monsanto in the purchase of
this seed since this is a donation. Once the seed arrives in Haiti, the
WINNER project and the Earth Institute will handle distribution. There
will be no business transactions between Monsanto and Haitian farmers as
part of this donation.
Five Answers on Monsanto’s Haiti Seed Donation – Monsanto Blog – Beyond the Rows
It is a donation. That means farmers have no obligation to Monsanto. Yes, they can save the seeds. No, we would not sue them.