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Alternatives to the Green Revolution in Africa Newsletter # 26

PART ONE: PROFITTING FROM AID:
MONSANTO IN GATES’ CLOTHING? THE EMPEROR’S NEW GMOS
August 26, 2010
By Eric Holt-Giménez, Food First

If you had any doubts about where the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is really placing its bets, AGRA Watch’s recent announcement of the Foundation’s investment of $23.1 million in 500,000 shares of Monsanto stock should put them to rest. Genetic engineering: full speed ahead.

If you are one of those people who believes the axiom that Monsanto is the farmer’s friend (and the corollary, that its climate-ready, bio-fortified GMOs can save the world from hunger) you will not be surprised, disappointed, or find any conflict of interest in this investment.

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