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Re:How the global banana industry is killing the world’s fav... by mcv on Thursday September 11, 2014 @11:20AM (#8303043)
Well, it's not like Monsanto is going to publish press releases about their lobbying efforts.
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Re:How the global banana industry is killing the world’s fav... by bsdshepherd on Thursday September 11, 2014 @11:57AM (#8303304)
They don't have to.

https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D00000005...

The privatization of water and food as population control and hostile takeover of land is very real.

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Re:How the global banana industry is killing the world’s fav... by dubfan on Thursday September 11, 2014 @12:06PM (#8303381)
Yes, Monsanto lobbies, just like every other relatively large company in this country.

> The privatization of water and food as population control and hostile takeover of land is very real.

I'm sorry, but this sounds like tin foil hat nonsense. Care to substantiate that?

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