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Hey Cara, good to see that you’re catching up. I’ll try and post my repsonse to you here.. but its long.. very long.. Its good to get some facts in place behind Monsanto, then you know why you’re right to hate them…

Who is Monsanto? They make R0undup, the world’s best-selling herbicide, as well as other herbicides. Monsanto produces seed brands,(Nature can’t do it anymore.. otherwise she get’s sued) D€KALB and Asgr0w, and the Bovine Growth Hormone (BST) andare in the soft drink industry due to saccharin and NutraSweet/Equal. (I’m NEVER TOUCHING A SOFT DRINK AGAIN)

1901: Monsanto was founded in St. Louis, Missouri by John Francis Queeny, a 30-year veteran of the pharmaceutical industry working at Meyer Brothers Drug Company, using money borrowed from COCA-COLA. ((Certain sites cite the founder of Monsanto as being a Knight of Malta. I haven’t found anything concret, other than a lot of sites who’ve copied pasted the same source material, which in itself shows no sources))

1902: Monsanto manufactures its first product, the artificial sweetener Saccharin, which Monsanto sold to the Coca-Cola Company. The U.S. government later files suit over the safety of Saccharin – but loses.

1917 the U.S. government filed suit over the safety of saccharin as a test case at Monsanto’s request. ((AT MONSANTO’s REQUEST!!!) The suit was dismissed in 1925, ending the government’s unsuccessfulattempts then to prove saccharin as harmful.

During WW2, Francis Queeny couldn’t import chemicals from Europe and stared manufacturing its own chemical products.

1926: Environmental policy was generally governed by local governments, Monsanto Chemical Company founded and incorporated the town of Monsanto, later renamed Sauget, Illinois, to provide a more business friendly environment for one of its chemical plants. For years, the Monsanto plant in Sauget wathe nation’s largest producer of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

In 1929, Monsanto acquires Rubber Services Laboratories. Monsanto also went public and became the largest producer of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

1930s: DeKalb AgResearch Corporation (today MONSANTO) marketed its first **HYBRID** seed corn (maize).

1938: Monsanto goes into the plastic business (the year after DuPont helped ban hemp because it was superior to their new NYLON product made from Rockefeller OIL). Monsanto became involved in plastics when it completely took over Fiberloid, one of the oldest nitrocellulose production companies, which had a 50% stake in Shawinigan Resins.

From 1939 to 1945 Monsanto did a lot of research on enriching uranium for the Manhattan project. Later, Monsanto operated the Mound (Ohio) Laboratory as a nuclear facility for the Federal government until the late 1980s, and their Dayton Laboratory was used as a research facility for nuclear-based and other government-funded projects

1941 Monsanto’s acquisition of a research and development laboratory called Thomas and Hochwalt. The well-known Dayton, Ohio, firm strengthened Monsanto at the time and provided the basis for some of its future achievements in chemical technology.

In 1945, Monsanto used its warfare chemicals in agriculture

1954: Monsanto partnered with German chemical giant Bayer to form Mobay and market polyurethanes in the USA

1955, Monsanto was in the petroleum business having acquired Lion Oil primarily to provide themselves petrochemical raw materials.

1957-1967: Monsanto was the creator of several attractions in Disney’s Tommorrowland. Disney finally tore the house down, but discovered it would not go down without a fight. According to Monsanto Magazine, wrecking balls literally bounced off the gla$s-fiber, reinforced polyester material. Torches, jackhammers, chain saws and shovels did not work.

1959: Monsanto sets up Monsanto Electronics Co. in Palo Alto

From 1961 to 1971 Monsanto was involved in production of Agent Orange for military use during the Vietnam War and was involved in production of PCBs, DDT and chemical weapons that was sprayed on the Vietnamese civilians and American troops. The US dropped 21 million gallons of defoliants over large swathes of Vietnam, of which 12 million gallons were Agent Orange – a herbicide, which can release dioxin, manufactured for the US Department of Defense primarily by Monsanto Corporation and Dow Chemical.Agent Orange was a mixture of 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D and had very high concentrations of dioxin.

1962: Monsanto’s European expansion continued, with Brussels becoming the
permanent overseas headquarters.

In the 1970’s, Justice Clarence Thomas, worked as a corporate lawyer for the Monsanto Corporation, thus creating a serious conflict of interest for him when deciding any case involving Monsanto. for exemple :https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/11-796_c07d.pdf)

1972, The use of DDT was banned by congress so in 1973 Monsanto developed glyphosate molecule for killing weeds and pests.

1977: G. D. Searle hires prominent Washington insider Donald Rumsfeld as the new CEO

1981: Ronald Reagan is sworn in as President of the United States. Reagan’s transition team, which includes Donald Rumsfeld, CEO of G. D. Searle, hand picks Dr. Arthur Hull Hayes Jr. to be the new FDA Commissioner. On January 21, the day after Ronald Reagan’s inauguration, GD Searle re-applied to the FDA for approval to use aspartame in food sweetener,and Reagan’s new FDA commissioner, Arthur Hayes Hull, Jr., appointed a 5-person Scientific Commission to review the board of inquiry’s decision. It soon became clear that the panel would uphold the ban by a 3-2 decision, but Hull then installed a 6th member on the commission, and the vote became deadlocked. He then personally broke the tie in aspartame’s favor. Hull later left the FDA under allegations of impropriety, served briefly as Provost at New York Medical College, and then took a position with Burston-Marsteller, the chief public relations firm for both Monsanto and GD Searle. Since that time Hull has never spoken publicly about aspartame.

In 1982, Rumsfeld had succeeded in getting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to finally approve NutraSweet (aspartame), which had previously been denied FDA approval. (BECAUSE IT BURNS HOLES IN BRAINS)

In 1985 taking the company deeper into pharmaceuticals and the sweetener industry, Monsanto purchased G.D. SEARLE & CO. Donald Rumsfeld followed Searle as CEO and President of Searle between 1977 and 1985. He played an instrumental role in the acquisition of G.D. Searle & Company by Monsanto.

In 1987, Monsanto did its first test on genetically modified crops.

In 1993, Monsanto and NTGargiulo joined forces to produce a (GMO) geneticallyaltered tomato

In 1994, Monsanto released rBGH and rBST growth hormones into the market

In 1995, Monsanto invented a new genetically modified crop that was resistant to its best selling herbecide Roundup.

In 1996 The launch of Monsanto’s first biotech product line.

1996-1999: Monsanto sold off its plastics business to Bayer.

1995-1997 : spin-off of Monsanto’s chemical operations into a new, publicly
owned company named Solutia Inc ((which took the sholder of Monsanto’s suits being filed against them for Environmental damage..so basically Solutia is the dirty company who’s repsonsable for pumping PCBs Dioxins into the environnement.. not Monsanto.. Anything to keep the name clean..Disgusting!!))A flurry of acquisitions completed between 1995-1997 greatly increased Monsanto’s presence in life sciences, quickly compensating for the revenue lost from the spin-off of Solutia. Among the largest acquisitions were Calgene, Inc., a leader in plant biotech, which was acquired in a two-part transaction in 1995 and 1997, and a 40% interest in Dekalb Genetics Corp.,the second-largest seed-corn company in the United States.In 1998, Monsanto acquired the rest of DeKalb, paying $2.3 billion for the Illinois-based company.

1999: Monsanto opens its Beautiful Sciences exhibit at Disneyland… (Its a small small world blah blah blahh blaaah blaaaah)

2000-2002: Monsanto merges with Pharmacia & Upjohn, and changes its name to Pharmacia Corporation

2002: Monsanto entered into an important agreement with DuPont.
As a result of this “agreement” both companies agreed to drop a raft of outstanding patent lawsuits against one another and to share their patented GMO crops technologies. Some commentators see this ‘agreement’ as const1tuting a pseudo-merger by stealth of the two companies’ GMO crops monopolies which are too large to be permitted to merge

2002: The infamous agrochemical and biotechnology division, still known as Monsanto,was spun off as a nominally separate company with Pharmacia originally retaining an 85% share. Monsanto Company became completely separate and independent from Pharmacia on August 13, 2002, when Pharmacia distributed its remaining Monsanto shares to Pharmacia’s stockholders.

2003: Solutia, Inc. (now owned by Pharmacia Corp… which 3 years ago.. was Monsanto.. OOH how they twist and turn in the wind to avoid responsability and liabilty.) files Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

2004: Monsanto forms American Seeds Inc holding company for corn and soybean seed deals and begins brand acquisitions.

2005: Monsanto has patent claims on breeding techniques for pigs which would grant them ownership of any pigs born of such techniques and their related herds. Greenpeace claims Monsanto is trying to claim ownership on ordinary breeding techniques. Monsanto claims that the patent is a defensive measure to track animals from its system.

2007, Monsanto acquired Delta & Pine Land Company, a company that had patented a seed technology nicknamed Terminators.

In 2014 Monsanto donated half a million dollars to the Clinton Family Foundation while spending more than $3 million on congressional lobbying.Other donors with interests in corporate agribusiness include Coca-Cola ($5m), AstraZeneca ($150k), Dow Chemical ($1m), Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa ($1m), Walmart / Walton Foundation ($2.25m) and the pro-GMO Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which together with Microsoft donated $26m. ((These companies donated to the Clintons, but I put them here so we can seeclearly who we are dealing with here..))Clinton is a firm supporter of Monsanto and other multinational corporations involved with agriculture, and GMOs, which she praised at the 2014 Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) convention in San Diego. In April she appointed long-time Monsanto lobbyist Jerry Crawford as an advisor to her ‘Ready for Hillary’ Political Action Committee

2015 Acting on President Juan Manuel Santos’ recommendation, Colombia’s National Drug Council on May 14 banned aerial spraying of glyphosate. The ruling has implications for beleaguered rural life in Colombia due to far-reaching effects of the chemical. They are due mainly to the aerial spray method of delivering glyphosate, which is unique to Colombia.

September 2016, Monsanto entered into a $66-billion deal to merge with Bayer.

Bayer said BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and JP Morgan had committed to providing the bridge financing.BofA Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse are acting as lead financial advisers to Bayer, with Rothschild as an additional adviser. Bayer’s legal advisers are Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Allen & Overy LLP. Morgan Stanley and Ducera Partners are acting as financial advisers to Monsanto, with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz its legal adviser.

Monsanto’s business is currently run in two parts: Agricultural Productivity, and Seeds and Genomics (German Eugenics??.. no, sorry, that’s me being stupid..)

ps : Blackwater:

There is some confusion around the topic of Blackwater being bought by Monsanto and it appears that people have having difficulty seeing who bought Blackwater.
.. All I can say is. Internet is being sanitized.
I’ve already looked into this some months ago.. and all the links I’d saved are now coming up as 404 errors..
I’ll put up what I have here, because it’s important and very relevant to Monsanto. I stand by what I claim, I saw the articles, that gave this information.

Blackwater’s work for corporations and government agencies was contracted using two companies owned by Blackwater’s owner and founder, Erik Prince: Total Intelligence Solutions and the
Terrorism Research Center (TRC).. and if you want to goggle Blackwater, they call themselves  first Xe Services, then Academi nowadays.. Enrique ”Ric” Prado is the ’goto’ man for the CIA wet black dirty work that even the CIA says, ’you wouldnt want Amercia’s fingerprints on it’.. Prado and Prince built up a network of such foreigners while Blackwater was at the center of the CIA’s a$sas$ination program.
Prado wrote to the DEA sometime in 2007 to explain that  Prado explained that Blackwater had developed ”a rapidly growing, worldwide network of folks that can do everything from surveillance to ground truth to disruption operations.”

The DEA responded that they might have some work for Blackwater for the Special Operations Division..
 The SOD is a secretive joint command within the Justice Department, run by the DEA. It serves as the command-and-control center for some of the most sensitive counternarcotics and
law enforcement operations conducted by federal forces.

According to internal Total Intelligence communications, biotech giant Monsanto—the world’s largest supplier of genetically modified seeds—hired the firm in 2008–09
Cofer Black (? Total Intelligence Chairman) ? wrote that ? Kevin Wilson, Monsanto’s security manager, ”understands that we can span collection from internet, to reach out, to boots on the ground
on legit basis protecting the Monsanto [brand] name….
Ahead of the curve info and insight/heads up is what he is looking for.” Black added that Total Intelligence
”would develop into acting as intel arm of Monsanto.” Black also noted that Monsanto was concerned about animal
rights activists and that they discussed how Blackwater ”could have our person(s) actually join [activist] group(s)
legally.”

How did Monsanto get a hold of Blackwater?? New York-based USTC Holdings bought it for an undisclosed sum of money..
USTC Holdings is an investor consortium led by private equity firms Forte Capital Advisors and Manhattan Partners.



I havent bothered listing all the lawsuits brought against them. Otherwise there really will not be enough place left on the forum.