The Hightower Report: Monsanto's World Food Farce  Montsanto's
world food farce  By Jim Hightower, Fri., Nov. 1, 2013  It was
my privilege to go to Des Moines, Iowa recently for a World Food
Prize extravaganza recognizing a Monsanto researcher's work
against global hunger. But wait, Mon­san­to is not a hunger
fighter, it's a predatory proliferator of proprietary GM
(genetically modified) seeds.  That's why I wasn't actually
attending the ceremony to bestow a false halo on the corporate
giant. Rather, I was one of more than 500 scruffy "outsiders" in
the First United Methodist Church to protest the Monsanto
absurdity. There, real-life Iowa farmers spoke plainly about the
myriad abuses they've endured at the hands of the genetic
manipulator.  One pointed out that if the corporation genuinely
gave even one damn about hunger, it could've used its immense
lobbying clout in Washington this year to stop Congress from
stripping the entire food stamp program from the farm bill.
Instead, Monsanto didn't lift a finger t