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BEWARE THE COMING CORPORATE BACKLASH.(public accountability: Monsanto, and other firms)
Industry Week, April, 2001 by YODER, STEVEN VAN
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A FEW YEARS AGO, MONSANTO CO. HAD THE FUTURE in its pocket. The vast life-sciences company promised a revolution in agriculture so profound it would eliminate age-old obstacles to increasing the quality and quantity of the world's food supply. The spread of its genetically modified seeds throughout the U.S., former chairman Robert Shapiro told shareholders, was the most "successful launch of any technology ever, including the plow."
But when Monsanto president and CEO Hendrik Verfaillie stood at a podium in Washington last November to deliver "A New Pledge for a ...
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