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Report: Nature May Soon Overcome Monsanto as ‘Super Rootworms’ Destroy Crops

What will be the end of Monsanto?
Could it be lawsuits, new legislation, or perhaps even a tiny insect that is less than 0.10 mm in length.
A new report reveals that rootworms may ultimately be what ends Monsanto’s crops, despite the biotech giant’s rampant success within the United States legislative system.
Amazingly, western corn rootworms have virtually no problem gobbling up Monsanto’s modified maize crop, as they have developed a serious resistance to the very crops designed to kill them. So much so that these little critters are outpacing Monsanto’s top scientists.To make matters worse for the company, the resistant rootworms are maturing earlier than expected this year. And with the enhanced growth has come enhanced birth rates, with the bug’s larvae hatching the earliest in decades. Monsanto, of course, is absolutely defenseless against the resistant rootworms which have adapted to their biopesticide known as Bt. At least 8 populations of insects have developed resistance, with 2 populations resistant to Bt sprays and at least 6 species resistant to Bt crops as a whole
. The answer? Use even more intelligence-crushing pesticides.Rootworms, Nature Overcome Monsanto’s GMO CropsIt is for this reason that the EPA has warned in the past that Monsanto’s crops will soon be ravaged by the insects. In their report on the subject, the EPA states:“Monsanto’s program for monitoring suspected cases of resistance is ‘inadequate’”.The statements have been reinforced by another group of concerned scientists. A body of 22 academic corn experts voiced serious concerns over GMO crop failures back in March, warning that a collapse of the GMO corn industry may soon follow — a particularly mighty prediction when considering that 94 percent of the US supply is currently of the genetically modified variety. It is also important to consider that much of the corn is not used for food, but for biodiesel purposes.Will nature adapt to Monsanto’s genetically modified creations and lead to their downfall in the end? Time and time again researchers and agricultural professionals have been calling upon Monsanto and the United States government to return to traditional and sustainable farming practices — even citing the fact that Monsanto’s GMOs produce even less yield. Instead, the modified crops have overtaken much of the food supply. Now, in the face of collapse, the only answer provided by Monsanto is to drench crops in even more pesticides and modify their genetic coding to an even greater degree.

http://naturalsociety.com/nature-may-soon-overcome-monsanto-as-super-rootworms-destroy-crops/
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One scarey thing I heard is that they are forcing farmers to buy their seed crops.... they are also buying farmers out and then planting their own seed crops.  
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Monsanto is scarey, manipulating and taking control of our food is very scarey.
Threatening to sue a state ( Vermont) because it wants to label GMO foods, is outrageous.

Then I hear the Gates talk about feeding the hungry. What they're really talking about is growing more of Monsanto products which they own stock in.

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Monsanto scares the crud out of me.  I've read some real horror stories regarding this outfit......
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Well, I can't say that popped into my mind.

It just is another reminder that mono-cropping doesn't work, even when they are manipulated seeds.
The Irish potato famine was caused by planting only one variety of potato
A healthy environment is the same as it is in all of nature, variety and diversity are essential for health.
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This sounds like its right out of Revelations doesnt it?
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