Better living through chemicals. One of our many downfalls?

I had caught the second half of the NPR interview -- the part of the professor teaching cotton farmers to use a variety of methods, using rye to combat pigweed along with other chemicals. A combination of natural and chemical methods, one or several farmers are even hiring to hand pick the pigweed.

Personally, it is gratifying to me, in a completely spiritual way, to see Mother Nature kicking Monsanto's a$$.

If I had to make a guess I would say that the decision makers at Monsanto are MBA types rather than farmers or scientists. If so, nothing would have changed if they had known this was going to happen. As long as it was at least one economic forecasting period out, they would have chosen the immediate-profits-now method.

Excellent point. I think you're right and they would do everything the same way again just for the quick, glowing corporate reports. It also seems like perfect karma for the way the company was portrayed in the movie Food Inc., which was as a company that got the Supreme Court to give them leeway to shut down and prosecute any farmer that didn't buy their seeds every season. It was stunning. (Thomas was/is on its board, IIRC.)

Correction: Apparently CT was one of their corporate attorneys in the late 70s, per the google.