On March 23rd, tens of thousands of people in over 400 cities and about 40 countries around the world, unified by a hatred of Monsanto, marched in protest. Monsanto, a massive corporation of agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology has existed for over a century, creating everything additive from vanillin to sulfuric acid. It impacts every farm across the world, demanding farmers use certain types of seeds and soil. Although this could have created beneficial standards to uphold nutritional values in the world, it has resulted in the use of DDT and Agent Orange, and legally barred farmers from re¬planting seeds they’ve collected from a crop.

The agricultural giant pursues any farmer who doesn’t buy new seeds every season, destroying the business of many poor workers. The recent protests were targeted at a weedkiller, Roundup. The World Health Organization recently published that the product “probably causes cancer” (The Guardian). However, due to its authority, Monsanto is able to force thousands of farmers to use the chemical. In Rio de Janeiro protesters described Monstanto’s actions as “bioterrorism.” Unfortunately, it is difficult for the average person to influence such a big corporation. Since the company doesn’t actually produce crops, boycotting would hurt the farmers much more than Monsanto.

Those who are trying to expose the truth behind Roundup recently participated in the 3rd annual March Against Monsanto. People simply want to know what is in their food, and they don’t want to be experiments for Monsanto’s chemical inventions. Hopefully, the worldwide march was a wake¬up call.