22.09.2010 | permalink
In a third attack on Australia’s food security, the most powerful chemical company in the world has made a stealthy grab for ownership of Australia’s most important seed - our wheat. The world’s biggest owner of genetically engineered crops - Monsanto - recently bought a 20 per cent stake in one of Australia’s largest wheat breeding companies, Intergrain. [...] This recent strategic buyout signals a leap in the corporate domination of Australia’s food supply.