“Fear mongering is easy to do,” said Dr. Frank Shotkoski, Director of the Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project II (ABSPII) based in Cornell University, describing a sustained campaign against crops that have been genetically altered to bring resistance to insects and environmental stress. [...] Shotkoski said sentiments against GM crops are driven by the desire to get more money out of well-meaning donations given to activist groups. “The money they get from donations associated with the anti-GM movement is huge,” Shotkoski said. “This is a multi-million business.” [...] He also pointed to the generic pesticides industry which he implied may be supporting anti-GM groups because many genetically-modified crops do not require the application of some pesticides.