Surroundedbyblue is correct. Mr. L is wrong.
Monsanto tries to buy up seeds that can reproduce normally (ie farmers can save some of the seeds form this year’s crop to plant the next) so as to force farmers all over the world to buy only Monasanto seeds. The genetically modify all kinds of crop seeds with no oversight as to safety, there are numerous articles detailing the many dangers of genetically modified plants.
And then there’s their chemical side.
Just because a corporation is huge and makes tons of money doesn’t mean it does good in the world. Maybe you find it hard to believe, but this is a fact. Maybe you work for Monsanto.
Monsanto doesn't "buy up" seeds; they, by contract, prohibit the retention of soybeans for replanting. That's how all seed patent holders protect the value of their patents.
Monsanto's patents on the glyphosate resistant traits expire next year anyway, so buying up seeds to avoid re-planting wouldn't be a terribly clever tactic anyway, now would it?
LJ - you’re exactly right. Monsanto is slowly but surely creating seeds that are subject to patent laws and which will kill off non-Monsanto, non-GMO seeds forcing farmers to purchase only Monsanto’s Frankenseeds.
That’s just one aspect of it. The safety is another concern. People who aren’t worried about this or don’t see a problem here are sadly mistaken.