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Koller v. Monsanto Company

Engilis v. Monsanto Company

#EP257 MAP Anomalia da soja com Juliano Martins Diniz (JMDAgroConsuloria) No episódio de hoje eu, Prof. Rogério Coimbra converso o Eng. Agr. Juliano Martins Dinis. Consultor Agrônomo na JMD AgroConsultoria, traz experiência de funções anteriores na Pioneer Brand Products e na Monsanto Company. Possui Pós-graduação Lato Sensu - Especialização em Proteção Vegetal e Manejo Integrado de Pragas - 2005 - 2006 pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa. Com um conjunto robusto de habilidades que inclui Agronomia, Milho, Soja, Agricultura e muito mais. Link convidado: https://www.instagram.com/jmdagroconsultoria/ Parceiro Institucional:MOMESSO: Momesso | Indústria de Máquinas Patrocinadores:Momesso: https://momesso.ind.br/Agro-Sol Sementes: https://agrosolsementes.com.br/Incotec: https://www.incotec.com/ SIGA O MUNDO AGRO PODCAST NAS REDES SOCIAL:Instagram: Instagram (@mundoagropodcast)‌YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mundoagropodcast E-MAIL E MÍDIA KIT:producao.mundoagropodcast@gmail.com LEMBRE-SE DE COMPARTILHAR ESSE PODCAST, ISSO FORTALECE O NOSSO AGRONEGÓCIO. Um Forte Abraço e nos vemos por aí...#mundoagropodcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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On today's episode of The Executive Appeal Podcast join Alex D. Tremble (CEO of GPS Leadership Solutions & #KeynoteSpeaker) and Trish Vassar (VP of Global Learning and Development at Coca-Cola), as they explore the secrets to building exceptional organizational cultures. Discover actionable strategies for executive leaders to cultivate environments that foster innovation, engagement, and success. Guest Bio:Trish Vassar currently serves as the VP of Global Learning and Development at Coca-Cola where she leads an amazing global team to support the Coca Cola workforce and mission. Prior to this role she served as the Chief Learning Officer at Cigna, Vice President, Organizational and Leadership Development at Express Scripts, and the Global Lead / Senior Director, Leadership and Talent Development at Monsanto Company.

Experiencing the brutal bear market of 1973-74 impressed upon Tom the necessity to find ways to hedge risk. This began a multi year long quest to find the right combination of uncorrelated assets, technical indicators and adjust the weightings as needed to provide enough protection to fill in the potholes of equity drawdowns while retaining the bulk of upside potential. Having a sweet balance between risk and reward both in the financial markets and in his personal life has enabled Tom to maintain a serene disposition. Tom Basso's Background: Tom Basso is an American hedge fund manager. He was president and founder of Trendstat Capital Management. He has authored two books, Panic-Proof Investing and the self-published The Frustrated Investor. In 1998, he was elected to the board of the National Futures Association. Basso graduated from Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York in 1974, where he majored in chemical engineering. Prior to his career in trading, Basso worked as an engineer for Monsanto Company. He became a registered investment advisor in 1980 and a registered commodities advisor in 1984. Basso established Trendstat Capital in 1984 and served as its CEO until his retirement. Having retired from active trading in 2003, he now manages his own portfolios and provides guidance to aspiring traders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Dr. Chadi Nabhan one of the lead doctors who testified during the Monsanto Roundup trials, and proved that glyphosate containing Roundup Ready weed killer does in fact cause non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, joins the show to talk about the trials and this alarming chemical. Dr. Nabhan gives us a first hand account of what it was like to testify in the trial, and some of the surprising things that happened during his time in court. He also goes over what non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is, and the many other health issues Roundup may be contributing to. We also go over the political aspects of Roundup and glyphosate, what the EPA is actually doing about it, and the future of this dangerous chemical. So many important topics covered on this pervasive and sometimes lethal chemical, so make sure to tune in!  On today's podcast, you will learn: How Dr. Nabhan got involved in the Monsanto trials. Fascinating stories about the courtroom and how the trials unfolded. Is glyphosate causing other severe health issues? How Monsanto used employees to ghostwrite medical articles to counter the true findings by IARC. What is non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and the type Mr. Johnson had in the major Dewayne Johnson v. Monsanto Company trials. The fascinating story that lead Dr. Nabhan to write his incredible book Toxic Exposure. What do to if you believe you've had dangerous exposures to glyphosate. The politics of involved around Monsanto and the future of glyphosate.   Dr. Chadi Nabhan's Bio: Chadi Nabhan, MD, MBA, is an award-winning hematologist and a medical oncologist who previously hosted an award-winning podcast, Outspoken Oncology, which has now been rebranded to Healthcare Unfiltered – an honest, raw, timely podcast tackling any and all topics in healthcare. No edits and no filters; that is “Healthcare Unfiltered.”  Combining his background in clinical care, cancer research, precision medicine, genomics, clinical trials, real-world data, controversies in medicine, and health care advocacy, Dr. Nabhan brings a unique and powerful perspective to current medical events. It's the weekly podcast that you don't want to miss. You can learn more about Dr. Nabhan and his work at www.chadinabhan.com Make sure to pick up his incredible book Toxic Exposure! https://chadinabhan.com/mybooks/   ✨SUBSCRIBE✨ http://bit.ly/38pyo1U  

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine: We begin with a report from Mark Dunlea about Doctor David Carpenter, founder and director of the University at Albany's Institute for Health and the Environment, being put on “administrative assignment” because of his work as an expert witness in court cases against Monsanto Company, producers of PCBs. Then, our Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry brings us part 3 of his four-part series on the Reverend Al Sharpton's presentation at a January 28th National Action Forum about the killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee. Next we'll hear about an upcoming Seed Swap coordinated by the People's Health Sanctuary and Collard City Growers, this Saturday, Feb. 11. After that Brea Barthel talks with retired meteorologist Hugh Johnson in a recorded interview about recent climate, weather, and “climate weirding.” And we end the program by hearing about “Amor,” the annual Valentine's Day concert by Taina Asili and Gaetano Vaccaro at Umana Yana!

Doctor David Carpenter, founder and director of the University ay Albany's Institute for Health and the Environment, has been put on "administrative leave" for the last 9 months as the school investigates fees he had received for participation as an expert witness in cases alleging toxic pollution, particularly PCBs. Dr, Carpenter however has either donated his fees to the university or his graduate students. The request came from lawyers for the Monsanto Company, which manufactures PCBs, a substance declared carcinogenic and banned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1977. On Monday, the University said it wanted to halt Dr. Carpenter from testifying as an expert witness.

EPA's Chesapeake Bay Program Model shows a decline in the nutrient and sediment pollution entering the Bay, Bader Farms v. Monsanto Company and BASF is remanded to recalculate punitive damages, the EPA publishes a consent decree regarding pesticide-treated seed, and Sysco Corp files a beef price fixing lawsuit against major meat processors.  Hosted by Ethan Durand, Research Assistant—With Brook Duer, Staff Attorney—Produced & Written by Ethan Durand Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law https://aglaw.psu.edu/ Follow us on Twitter: @AgShaleLaw Like us on Facebook: Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law This material is based upon work supported by the National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

Topic: Learn how to take responsibility as a leader, without potentially ruining your career. Our guest shares the advice no one talks about. Today's Guest: Damion Jones is the Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion for Bayer Company.  In his current role, Damion is responsible for outlining the inclusion strategy & partnering with business unit leaders in regions across the company's global footprint.  This includes partnering to outline the global strategic framework, implementing cultural infrastructure and recommending action s in support of the functional & regional oversight of our company culture and operations.  In recent years, he has led strategic enterprise wide initiatives for Monsanto, prior to acquisition, regarding the diversity dashboard design, mentoring and Unconscious Bias training all of which have reached thousands of our leaders world-wide.  Currently he is working to integrate Business Resource Networks (ERGs) strategy which exist across 6 geographies. Prior to his current role, Damion was matrixed between Monsanto Company's Organizational Development/Talent Management & Talent Acquisition divisions and was additionally responsible for project managing the Executive Team talent review & succession planning process.  At that time, Damion was intimately involved in our corporate governance aiding updates to the Board of Directors concerning CEO/ET succession as well as global diversity. Damion received his bachelor's degree in psychology from Morris Brown College (HBCU) and both his masters (M.S.) and doctorate (Ph.D.) from Saint Louis University specializing in the areas of both social and organizational psychology.   Outside his day job Damion is frequently asked to guest lecture and lead webinars on topics of inclusion, psychology and leadership within various corporate, educational and civic institutions.  In response to the Ferguson Commission Report recommendations to aid the socioeconomic stability for Black businesses within the metropolitan area the Heartland St. Louis Black Chamber of Commerce was established for which Damion was asked to sit as a founding board member.  He also sits on the board of The Biome, a Youth Learning Center STEAM charter school within St. Louis City that utilizes Carol Dweck's work on “growth mindset” to instruct students in underserved communities.  He is also a frequent contributor to DiversityInc via articles, webinar facilitation and video career advice as noted on their website http://www.diversityinc.com/ (www.DiversityInc.com).  Damion currently resides in St. Louis Missouri with his wife Marvis, sons Simon and Aiden and daughter Genesis. Music: https://www.bensound.com/

Months after Dewayne "Lee" Johnson was soaked from head to toe with a herbicide called Ranger Pro, he noticed lesions on his skin. What he'd developed was called non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a form a cancer that's associated with glyphosate, the chemical the Monsanto Company had long touted as completely safe for humans. In this episode, Colin Ellis speaks with director Jennifer Baichwal about her latest doc "Into the Weeds," which explores Lee's fight for a warning label. Clip credits: Official trailer and clip: courtesy of Mongrel Media See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the eleventh episode of the Crime Cast series we cover the Monsanto Company.  Monsanto was an American agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation best know as the creators of Roundup . In this episode, we discuss all of Monsanto's shady dealings from being one of the largest producers of PCBs in the late 1960s to the potentially carcinogenic chemicals present in Roundup and all the tangents in between!Follow us!Twitter: twitter.com/wbperspectiveInstagram: instagram.com/wbperspectiveMicah: instagram.com/piker_7Tyler: instagram.com/j.t.goodMusic by Augusto DinizLogo by Scott Bailey: instagram.com/scottabailey

Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the 2021 Tocqueville Lecture on September 16, 2021 at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at Notre Dame. Presented by the Notre Dame Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government. More information about the lecture can be found at constudies.nd.edu. About Justice Thomas Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice, was born in the Pinpoint community near Savannah, Georgia on June 23, 1948. He attended Conception Seminary from 1967-1968 and received an A.B., cum laude, from College of the Holy Cross in 1971 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1974. He was admitted to law practice in Missouri in 1974, and served as an Assistant Attorney General of Missouri, 1974-1977; an attorney with the Monsanto Company, 1977-1979; and Legislative Assistant to Senator John Danforth, 1979-1981. From 1981-1982 he served as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, and as Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1982-1990. From 1990-1991, he served as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. President Bush nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and he took his seat October 23, 1991. He married Virginia Lamp on May 30, 1987 and has one child, Jamal Adeen by a previous marriage.

The Monsanto Company officially ceased to exist when it was acquired by Bayer in 2018, but its legacy lives on in courtrooms, factory towns and farms across the globe. Today the company's name is most associated with the herbicide Roundup and genetically modified seeds, but Monsanto also served as a leading producer of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, an essential supplier of caffeine and saccharin to Coca-Cola in Coke's early years, and the sole US producer of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs). In short, Monsanto's history is one that will continue to shape the US well into the future. In this episode, Bart Elmore joins Bob and Ben to talk about his new book Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Future (W.W. Norton, 2021), and how a small midwestern company founded in 1901 became an agricultural powerhouse by selling solutions to the problems it helped to create. Dr. Bartow Elmore is Associate Professor of History at The Ohio State University where he specializes in Global Environmental History and the History of Capitalism. He is also the author of the award-winning book Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism (W. W. Norton, 2015). You can follow him on twitter at @BartElmore and find out more about his work at his website, BartElmore.com. You can hear Bart's first appearance on The Road To Now in episode #140:  Citizen Coke: The History of Coca-Cola w/ Bartow Elmore. This episode was edited by Gary Fletcher. For more on The Road to Now, visit our website, www.TheRoadToNow.com. (It's great because it was designed by Seven Ages Design!)

When global conglomerate Bayer AG paid $63 billion in 2018 to buy Monsanto Company, the deal was seen as a boost to Bayer's wealth and power. But only two years later, Bayer was forced to agree to pay $11 billion to settle the claims of more than 100,000 cancer victims who alleged their suffering was caused by the use of Monsanto's flagship herbicide, Roundup. That settlement may never have happened without Lee Johnson, whose story is told in investigative journalist Carey's Gillam's new book “The Monsanto Papers: Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man's Search for Justice.” Tune in to this episode of Foodie Pharmacology to learn about the human toll of glyphosate-based weed killers. Follow Carey on Twitter @careygillam and find more information on this book and others at http://www.careygillam.com #Roundup #Cancer #WeedKiller

Do you have questions about your body and how to navigate getting your health in order? We are in the same boat. During this episode we talk with Stacey Minor, founder of Sweet Potato Patch. We dig deep into the impact food deserts are having on minority communities, how we can step up to the plate and be in control of what we eat and how generations can promote healthy lifestyles. This week it is all about recognizing your black girl magic and being the change you want to see. [8:20] What We Are Loving This Week[13:30] Introduction of Guest Stacey MinorStacey Minor was one of the first African American women to workfor the food company Monsanto. Now, she is taking her knowledgeand using it in Chicago's neediest communities.- Minor is the founder of Sweet Potato Patch, which is a mealdelivery service operating on the South Side. She uses producethat major retailers will not take and turns it into gourmet heat andserves meals -- and produce bags.[44:44] Andretta Honesty Moment[45:40] Aaqila's Honesty Moment[46:46] Stacey's Honesty Moment[49:00] More About Us & Our Mission & How to Be featured on our podcastLINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE+ @WellHonestlyPodcast on Instagram+ Join the Facebook Community+ Buy Our TeaSUBSCRIBE + REVIEW ON APPLE PODCASTSThank you for listening. We hope this podcast has been informative & an inspiring resource to create the kind of life you want with your health in mind.To help get this podcast in front of more women like you, please consider leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here! The 10 seconds you take doing this means the WORLD to us and the women who will be helped by this show.Click here to go to our Podcast WebsiteAbout Sweet Potato Patch [ https://sweetpotatopatch.life ]Sweet Potato Patch is a Technology based Food business whose overall all mission is to utilize day to day technology to increase and create an ease related to healthy food access to residents in Urban Food Deserts.We utilize smart technology and GPS Tracked Crowd-Sourced Delivery Technology to deliver farm to table, healthy food options, to the front door of residents in Urban Food Deserts. Our farm to table food meets the needs and also the cultural necessity of our customers.About Stacey [ LINKEDIN ]  [ FACEBOOK ]Often recognized as a Plant Scientist or Executive Career Strategist, Stacey Minor is just a home-girl from the South Side of Chicago (by way of Roseland and Chatham). Stacey graduated with honors from the 2nd overall class of the Chicago High School for Agricultural Science and went on to pursue her studies at the University of Illinois in Champaign.  In the 90's Plant Biotechnology was so new, that the University did not have a degree program for it, so she ultimately studies Plant Sciences, but went on to work for the Monsanto Company and became one of the first of a handful of African American women to work in Plant Biotechnology professionally as a Senior Research Scientist.Stacey went on to switch careers after pursuing a MBA with an emphasis in Organizational Development from Washington University in St. Louis, to work at helping people re-brand and re-position themselves after career loss, as an Executive Job Coach in outplacement and Director of Career Services in Higher Education. She is a graduate of the Joseph Business School, founded by Dr. Bill Winston. Stacey is also the author of The 28th Chapter, and is now the Founder/Farmer In Chief of Sweet Potato Patch and Patchwerkz - Chicago, a faithful member of Apostolic Church of God in Woodlawn.

With planting season upon us, we continue our focus on agronomy for the month of March. In this episode, we catch up with Brett Begemann, the Chief Operating Officer at Bayer Crop Science. He shares details about the new inputs they’ve got in their technology pipeline, what that means for the future of farming and how their role in the ag industry is evolving. We also catch a bit of the March Madness and hear Jon Doggett’s secret for filling out his bracket every year. Before joining Bayer, Brett served as President and Chief Operating Officer at Monsanto Company, where he led global efforts to connect farmers with solutions for growing better harvests. Brett worked for 35 years at Monsanto, holding a number of leadership roles, including Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer.

#18: In this episode of Settlement Nation we chat with Aimee Wagstaff, the founding partner of Andrus Wagstaff. Aimee has dedicated her professional life fighting against pharmaceutical and medical device companies. The vast majority of her litigation is done through national mass tort consolidations and she has been appointed by federal and state court Judges across the country to co-lead four national litigations, representing tens of thousands of injured claimants. In this episode we discuss how Aimee was the lead trial counsel in the only federal Roundup trial (Edwin Hardeman v Monsanto Company) resulting in a $80,267,634.10 verdict.

Take a heart-centered, human-centric approach to leadership and drive business outcomes through raising others up. Lisa Kelly-Croswell, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Boston Medical Center Health System (BMCHS), joins us to discuss career growth, self care, and putting humanity into Human Resources. This podcast was recorded live for our community. If you would like to attend live recordings, please reach out to info@kahilla.com ****** Lisa Kelly-Croswell is Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Boston Medical Center Health System (BMCHS), and is also responsible for BMCHS' Volunteer Services Department and Occupational Health Clinic. Lisa brings 30 years of experience in a wide range of global HR leadership roles including: Senior Vice President, HR and Corporate Services at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, SVP, HR for Healthcare and Service Operations at CIGNA, and a series of progressive HR leadership roles at the Monsanto Company and Frito-Lay, Inc. While at Monsanto, Lisa also held an expatriate assignment based in Singapore, leading HR for the Southeast Asian region. Her assignments commonly involved leading in times of rapid business growth, performance turnarounds and in start-up or innovation environments. Lisa is currently a Board Member and Member of the Compensation Committee for the Greater Boston Food Bank, as well as a Board Member for the Mary Christie Foundation. In prior years, she served on the Board of Directors for five other non - profit organizations including Finance Committee Chair and Nominating Committee roles. Lisa received a B.S., Finance and a M.A., Labor and Industrial Relations from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

To beat out their competitors, startups need to code quickly, simply, and in a language that attracts top engineers. Enter Elixir. Today we speak with Shawn Vo, Axle Payments Co-Founder and CTO, about his journey with Elixir and how it has given his company a competitive advantage. We open our conversation by exploring how Shawn got into coding while automating his work as an investment banker. After touching on why he sees programming as a superpower for adding value, he shares his growth hacks for learning a language — these range from reading old books to attending coding meetups. We then dive into Axle Payments’ business model, with Shawn highlighting the business opportunity of creating tech for industries that “people don’t think about.” A key theme in this episode, Shawn talks about how building in Elixir has helped Axle Payments hire the best engineers. We also discuss how Elixir allows them to quickly and efficiently write code that doesn’t break. Near the end of the episode, we explore Shawn’s browser extension projects and why he has a readme file to help guide people who want to work with him. Be sure to tune in to hear more insight from Shawn on the benefits of using Elixir in the startup space. Key Points From This Episode: Introducing Axle Payments CTO Shawn Vo. From investment banking to coding, hear how Shawn got into our industry. Why coding and creating content are top ways of creating value. Reading books and getting into the fundamentals; tips on how Shawn learns a language. Shawn shares details about his professional career. How Shawn grew his skills by attending coding meetups. Hear about Axle Payments’ model providing a factoring service. How Shawn discovered and fell in love with Elixir. Why Elixir has given Axle Payments their competitive advantage. Shawn reflects on his first Elixir project. The benefits of using event sourcing to build your app. Why Shawn created a readme to guide people who want to work with him. Shawn summarizes why Elixir is the perfect language for his company. Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Shawn Vo on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnvo/ Shawn Vo on Twitter — https://twitter.com/shawnvo Shawn Vo on GitHub — https://github.com/voshawn Shawn Vo Email — shawn@axlepayments.com Axle Payments — https://www.axlepayments.com/ The Technical Cofounder Newsletter — https://technicalcofounder.substack.com/ Meryl Dakin — https://twitter.com/meryldakin WALL-E — https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910970/ Barclays Investment Bank — https://www.investmentbank.barclays.com/ The Climate Corporation — https://www.climate.com/ The Monsanto Company — https://www.cropscience.bayer.com/ Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation — https://www.fdic.gov/ Deep Learning NYC — https://www.meetup.com/Deep-Learning-NYC/ Baltimore AI Meetup — https://www.meetup.com/Baltimore-AI/ Fast.ai — https://www.fast.ai/ Megabus — https://www.megabus.com/ Greyhound — https://www.greyhound.com/ Techstars — https://www.techstars.com/ Peter Thiel — https://www.forbes.com/profile/peter-thiel/ WeWork — https://www.wework.com/ Paul Graham — http://www.paulgraham.com/ Y Combinator — https://www.ycombinator.com/ ‘The Python Paradox’ — http://www.paulgraham.com/pypar.html Heroku — https://www.heroku.com/ Sessionizer — https://sessionize-me.herokuapp.com/ Hamilton — https://hamiltonmusical.com/new-york/home/ Slack — https://slack.com/ Phoenix — https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/overview.html Commanded — https://hexdocs.pm/commanded/Commanded.html The Social Dilemma — https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11464826/ Special Guests: Shawn Vo and Sundi Myint.

Dr. Dudley discusses the way you rise in any circumstance to success with the International President of Kappa Alpha Psi, Reuben Shelton.  Don't miss this powerful testimony.  Reuben A. Shelton retired as Lead Litigation Counsel for Monsanto Company where he handled antitrust and intellectual property litigation.  On August 3, 2019, he was sworn in as Grand Polemarch (International President) of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated.Before Monsanto, he was Special Chief Counsel in the Office for the Missouri Attorney General where he Co-led the lawsuit against the tobacco industry.  That lawsuit resulted in a 6.7 billion dollar settlement for Missouri, which is still the largest in the state's history.  Shelton has served in many civic and professional organizations.  He is Past President of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, and the St. Louis Bar Foundation and is the first African American ever elected to those positions.  He is Past President of the Missouri Bar Association, the second African American to hold that position and the first, and only one, from St. Louis.  Shelton served on the governing boards of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, the NAACP, the Missouri Lottery Commission, St. Louis Children's Hospital Development Board, the St. Louis University Board of Regents, the University City School Board and was President of the Lincoln University Board of Curators.  He is Past-President of the Legal Services of Eastern Missouri Board of Directors and served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Fathers and Families Support Center in St. Louis.  He currently serves as a member on the Missouri Bar Association Board of Trustees and is Vice President of the Missouri Development Finance Board, a body that funds major development projects across the State of Missouri. He is also a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of United Way of Greater St. Louis.   Shelton earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kansas where he was Captain of the basketball team, a Juris Doctorate degree from St. Louis University, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Washington University in St. Louis.  He has received many Fraternity, civic and professional awards, too many to mention here, and was inducted into the Order of the Fleur De Lis, the St. Louis University Law School Hall of Fame, the highest honor the school bestows.He has been married to his wife D'Anne for 41 years and they have three daughters, five grandsons and one great grandson.   Support the show (https://ileadacademy.net)

The Harmful Effects Of Glyphosate, The Most Common Agrochemical | This episode is brought to you by Tushy and ButcherBoxWe’re living in an age where it’s increasingly hard to avoid exposure to toxins. Some of the most ubiquitous are right on our food, on some of the most commonly eaten items in the American diet. It’s no wonder that illnesses related to toxicity, like cancer, infertility, and neurological diseases, are on the rise. The most widely used pesticide in our food supply is glyphosate. It’s used all over the world on more than 70 different food crops, including corn, soy, and wheat and is linked to some serious health risks, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma. It’s terrifying to consider that a bowl of Cheerios has more glyphosate per serving than vitamins D and B12, both of which are added to try to boost nutritional value. We need to change our food system if we want to change our health, and it’s issues like these that need our help. I was so happy to sit down with my good friend Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to dig into the topic of glyphosate and corruption in the agricultural industry. Bobby Kennedy serves as President of Waterkeeper Alliance, Chairman of the Board and Chief Legal Counsel for Children’s Health Defense, and of counsel to Morgan & Morgan, a nationwide personal injury practice. He was previously Chief Prosecuting Attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper, Senior Attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and a Clinical Professor and Supervising Attorney at Pace University School of Law’s Environmental Litigation Clinic. This episode is brought to you by Tushy and ButcherBox.The Tushy bidet is a sleek attachment that clips onto your existing toilet and connects to the water supply behind your toilet to spray you with clean, fresh water. And it’s really affordable, starting at only $79. Right now Tushy is offering Doctor’s Farmacy listeners 10% off, too, so it’s a better time than ever to make the switch to a bidet. Just go to hellotushy.com/HYMAN. ButcherBox makes it super easy to get humanely raised meat that you can trust delivered right to your doorstep. ButcherBox has everything you could want - like 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef and wild Alaskan salmon - and shipping is always free. Visit ButcherBox.com/farmacyHere are more of the details from our interview: How glyphosate is used, its prevalence, any why it’s so bad for us (6:03)Monsanto, Rachel Carson, and the chemical industry’s efforts to quash dissent of its products (9:01)Monsanto’s introduction of Roundup ready corn and patented seeds (18:25)The incidence of spraying Roundup on crops at time of harvest and how that coincides with the rise of gluten allergies, celiac disease, and other illnesses (21:59)How the Daubert standard kept a legal suit from being filed against Monsanto until 2015 (23:53)Dewayne Johnson v. Monsanto Company, the first case brought against Monsanto for toxic effects of Roundup (32:11)Glyphosate’s toxic effects on the human and soil microbiome (41:33)The Environmental Protection Agency’s relationship and support of Monsanto (44:12)Halting the freefall of our democracy into plutocracy (55:15)Follow Bobby Kennedy Jr. on Facebook @rfkjr, on Instagram @robertfkennedy, and on Twitter @robertkennedyjr See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Getting serious about the microscopic life in soil. In This Podcast: Retired after years of leadership in Monsanto, David Stark was asked to mentor a young company making what was essentially compost tea. Reluctantly and with some concerns over the science, he agreed and now is excited to share what he has learned about soil science and plant health. Grateful for not turning down the request, he now can help teach about soil and plant health and explain about the various microbes in the soil and the essential roles they play. Don't miss an episode! Click here to sign up for podcast updatesor visit www.urbanfarm.org/podcast Dr. Stark is President of Holganix LLC where he leads the company's efforts to expand its business into agriculture.  Dr. Stark spent over 25 years with Monsanto Company where he held various senior leadership roles in technology, corporate affairs and business operations.  In 2015 he went to work for Holganix, sells a line of 100% natural bionutritional products for turf, ornamental and agriculture use. The product starts with a proprietary process for making and concentrating a diverse mix of over 800 species of beneficial bacteria, fungi and protozoa. The end result is the most complete mix of Organic beneficial microbes on the market. Go to www.urbanfarm.org/holganix for more information and links on this podcast, and to find our other great guests. 470: David Stark on Soil Microbes.

Glyphosate is a synthetic herbicide patented by the Monsanto Company in 1974. It’s now included in hundreds of products around the world and has been associated with myriad health concerns. In this week’s episode, Dr. Ann Shippy shares her scientific research on the subject as well as her work in clinical practice with patients experiencing glyphosate toxicity. January 18, 2018 > Click here to download the completed Matrix from this week’s episode > To learn more about Dr. Shippy and her work, click here > You can read about the Ramazzini Institute’s 13-week study on glyphosate here > Click to find the Great Plains testing that Dr. Shippy mentions > If you’d like to learn more about Glutathione, be sure to listen to episode 11 with Dr. Ben Lynch   Get 15-Minute Matrix podcast notifications delivered to your inbox!

After years of spraying, Dewayne Johnson, a groundskeeper, believes the herbicide Roundup, which contains glyphosate, caused him to develop Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a rare and very painful form of skin cancer. So, he filed a case against Monsanto, the manufacturer of Roundup. Four years later, a jury awarded Mr. Johnson $289 million dollars in damages (recently reduced to $78 million). Many, many farmers use Roundup, and the question of how dangerous it is has been studied. The EPA found it to be safe, yet the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer found it to be "probably carcinogenic in humans," so mixed results. Monsanto, for its part, maintains that Roundup is safe but faces over 9,000 similar cases across the country. This week an Oakland, California judge said that another case will go forward next March. This week, Lindsey speaks with one of Mr. Johnson's lawyers, Mark Burton. Mark tells us about the case and how they managed to win it. The Monsanto Papers Dewayne Johnson v. Monsanto Company "Cancer patient who was awarded $289 million in Monsanto trial says he'll take $78 million instead" "Groundskeeper Accepts Reduced $78 Million Award In Monsanto Cancer Suit" "Cancer Case Plaintiff Continues Crusade Against Monsanto" Leave us a review and we'll read your name on the air! And follow us on our new instagram, @youngfarmerspodcast.

Mike Nowak and Peggy Malecki talk with Carey Gillam, author of Whitewash: The Story of Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science. Gilliam reports on a recent $289 million court judgement against the Monsanto Company and its weedkiller Roundup.

Certified arborist M.D. Skeet from Bartlett Tree Experts returns to the show to talk summer tree issues. Carey Gillam, author of Whitewash: The Story of Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science, also returns to report on a huge court judgment against the Monsanto Company and its weedkiller Roundup.

    Mike Robach is vice president, corporate food safety, quality, & regulatory for Cargill based in Minneapolis, MN. Mike joined Cargill in January 2004 to lead the company’s corporate food safety and regulatory affairs programs. Since then, Mike has increased the department’s scope to include animal health and quality assurance. He continues to refocus the department toward global efforts in line with Cargill’s vision of being the global leader in nourishing people. Mike began his career with Monsanto Company. Prior to joining Cargill, he headed up technical services for Conti Group’s meat and poultry businesses. Mike is the past president of Safe Supply of Affordable Food Everywhere, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), a member of the Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Council Executive Committee for the Grocery Manufacturers Association, and a member of the U.S. Poultry and Egg Association’s Research Advisory Committee. Mike has worked with the World Organization of Animal Health and the Food and Agriculture Organization on harmonized animal health and food safety standards. He has worked closely with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding food safety policy, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points, and regulatory reforms based on science. From 1995 through 2000, Mike was a member of the National Advisory Committee for Microbiological Criteria in Foods. Mike is a graduate of Michigan State University and Virginia Tech. It was recently announced that Mike will be retiring from Cargill on August 1, 2018, but will be continuing his term as chairman of the GFSI board. In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we speak to Mike about: Why GFSI exists, the early days of the organization, and how it has evolved globally over the years GFSI’s Global Markets Program Cargill’s involvement with GFSI GFSI’s primary objectives What GFSI does and does NOT do How GFSI works with scheme owners such as BRC, SQF, etc. His thoughts on the various schemes and how they stack up to FSMA GFSI compliance vs. FSMA compliance GFSI’s progress with public/private partnerships Challenges facing GFSI and goals that GFSI will be working on in the coming years How companies can become involved with GFSI What he’s learned over the course of his career His advice to food safety professionals News Mentioned in This Episode: Five Deaths in Romaine Lettuce Outbreak http://bit.ly/2Ll5jpY  Leafy Greens Industry Forms Task Force in Light of Romaine Lettuce Outbreak http://bit.ly/2xrWbh1  FDA Shares Traceback Details for Romaine Lettuce E. coli Outbreak as Investigation Continues http://bit.ly/2JipY0x  FDA Should Make Leafy Greens a Priority, Say Consumer and Food Safety Advocacy Groups http://bit.ly/2Mgfjlu Resources: Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) http://bit.ly/2sRdIKM IAFP Annual Meeting http://bit.ly/2t5PY5d Presenting Sponsor: KLEANZ by Nexcor Technologies http://bit.ly/2JCHr0v Everything Food Safety in One Place in Real-Time KLEANZ is the only complete Food Safety Compliance Solution that focuses on risk mitigation, driving continuous improvement, and adhering to all applicable compliance requirement while managing resources. KLEANZ protects your customers and brand. KLEANZ Food Safety Compliance (In-Depth) http://bit.ly/2JzoM5K KLEANZ Food Safety Compliance (Quick Facts) http://bit.ly/2l4J5NP KLEANZ.com http://bit.ly/2JCHr0v Share Your Feedback with Us: Please feel free to share any questions, comments, or even a suggestion on someone we should interview; let us know! There are two ways for podcast listeners to interact with us: Leave us a voicemail at 747-231-7630. Be sure to leave your contact information so we can get back in touch with you! Email us at podcast@foodsafetymagazine.com. 

In this episode Jamie talks about her trip around the world to Ireland and to Indonesia.  She also shares interviews from those trips. Then Chuck interviews Jenna Oesch, Global Marketing Lead & Customer Experience Council Lead, Monsanto Company, Vegetable Seeds Division.  Jenna is Chair of this year's Agri-Marketing Conference which is being held in KC, MO. ZimmComm is exhibiting once again in the Connection Point.

Milton Stokes grew up working with his mom in the restaurant industry. Today he is a best selling author, Registered Dietitian and is the director of global health and nutrition outreach at the Monsanto Company. Previously, he was an assistant professor and director of the dietetic internship at the University of St. Joseph and a clinical nutrition manager at health care facilities in New York City. I spoke with Milton about his entrepreneurial journey, what it's like working at Monsanto and how he uses humor to stay healthy under pressure as a father and busy professional. You can connect with Milton on Linkedin or follow him on Twitter.  Please be sure to follow Healthy Under Pressure on Instagram and like us on Facebook.

In CoFounder Podcast No 2 Indrek Põldvee sat down with Martin Rand, founder of Monsanto-owned agricultural startup Vital Fields. In November 2016, The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company, announced the acquisition of VitalFields, a European farm management software company based in Tallinn, Estonia. “Founded in 2011 and available in seven European countries, VitalFields... Read more » The post CoFounder Podcast No 2: Martin Rand on VitalFields journey appeared first on CoFounder.

In CoFounder Podcast No 2 Indrek Põldvee sat down with Martin Rand, founder of Monsanto-owned agricultural startup Vital Fields. In November 2016, The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company, announced the acquisition of VitalFields, a European farm management software company based in Tallinn, Estonia. “Founded in 2011 and available in seven European countries, VitalFields... Read more »

Today Ron, Rian, and Jesse got the opportunity to interview Josh Hockett, Global Director of Food and Fitness Engagement at Monsanto Company, and former Afloat Fitness Director for the Navy.

The evolution of weed and insect resistance to traditional controls has brought about the need for new approaches in crop protection.  Today’s guest is Dr. Doug Sammons (@wiltedweeds) is a biochemist from the Monsanto Company.  [...]

Mike Taylor is a senior fellow at the Meridian Institute and an advisor to the Food and Society Program at the Aspen Institute. His primary interests are food safety globally and food security in Africa and other developing regions. Until June 1, 2016, Mr. Taylor was Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He led the comprehensive overhaul of FDA’s food safety program Congress mandated in the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 and oversaw all of FDA’s food-related activities, including its nutrition, labeling, food additive, dietary supplement and animal drug programs. Mr. Taylor served previously at FDA as a staff attorney and as Deputy Commissioner for Policy (1991–1994) and at the U.S. Department of Agriculture as Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service and Acting Under Secretary for Food Safety (1994–1996). Prior to joining FDA in July 2009, he spent nearly a decade in academia conducting food safety, food security and public health policy research, most recently at George Washington University’s School of Public Health. He also served during that time as a Senior Fellow at the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa, where he conducted research on U.S. policies affecting agricultural development and food security in Africa. In the private sector, Mr. Taylor founded the food and drug practice and was a partner in the law firm of King & Spalding. He also was vice president for public policy at Monsanto Company and served on the boards of the Alliance to End Hunger and RESOLVE, Inc. He is currently a board member of STOP Foodborne Illness and Clear Labs, Inc. He is a graduate of Davidson College and the University of Virginia School of Law. In this episode, we speak to Mike Taylor about: His role at the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service following Jack-In-the-Box, when he advocated for Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) for meat and poultry and Escherichia coli O157:H7 being labeled an adulterant. His tour of the country in support of Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) implementation and how comments effected rulemaking How after a 10-year break, academic kibitzing about implementing a modern risk-based system led to his tenure at FDA.  His advocacy for a single food agency and HACCP for all foods.  How he believes we’ve turned the corner from reaction to prevention in the age of FSMA.  His work on food safety and security issues in Africa.  His role at the Aspen Institute and oversight of the next wave of gene technology.  How the conversation has changed from what we should do to how we are going to do it.  His thoughts about the important role of food safety culture.  Also in the Episode: Checking in with Adriene Cooper, senior event manager for the Food Safety Summit (http://www.foodsafetysummit.com) on their Food Safety Theater programming (http://www.myprocessexpo.com/process-expo-university-session-descriptions/)  at this years’ Process Expo.  News and Resources Mentioned in this Episode: FDA Approves New Labels for Peanut-Containing Foods https://www.foodsafetymagazine.com/news/fda-approves-new-labels-for-peanut-containing-foods/ FSMA Produce Safety Rule Now Final https://www.foodsafetymagazine.com/news/fsma-produce-safety-rule-now-final/ Link to Food Safety Magazine’s articles on FSMA https://www.foodsafetymagazine.com/?Keywords=Food+Safety+Modernization+Act&display=search&newSearch=true&noCache=1 FDA Delays Water Testing Compliance https://www.foodsafetymagazine.com/news/fda-delays-water-testing-compliance/ Fixing FSMA’s Ag Water Requirements https://www.foodsafetymagazine.com/magazine-archive1/augustseptember-2017/fixing-fsmae28099s-ag-water-requirements/ Presenting Sponsor: SafetyChain Software (http://www.safetychain.com) SafetyChain suite of food safety and quality management solutions - Supplier Compliance, Food Safety, Food Quality, CIP Optimization & Material Loss - provide the program visibility, data intelligence, and tools needed to more effectively manage your food safety and quality operations. With SafetyChain, companies throughout the food supply chain are more effectively reducing risks, controlling costs, and ensuring everyday compliance. Learn How SafetyChain Can Help Your FSQA Operations Achieve Better Results Watch this video for a quick intro to SafetyChain’s FSQA solutions  https://marketing.safetychain.com/acton/attachment/2194/u-007a/0/-/-/-/-/ Access SafetyChain Overview datasheet https://marketing.safetychain.com/acton/attachment/2194/u-007b/0/-/-/-/-/

Tyler Mathews, Executive Director of Venture Café St. Louis, fills in for Travis. Starting a business? We get the lowdown on June 12th's Roadmap to Entrepreneurship event with: Matthew Kulig, President, Missouri Venture Forum; Hobart Beeghly, Vice President of Global Strategy, Monsanto Company; and Susan Gobbo, event attendee. We also dive into the latest with Kulig's company Aisle411 and the latest virtual and augmented reality tech. St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger discusses attracting more international service at Lambert Airport.

The operationalization of your compliance programs means how deeply is compliance integrated into the function of your company. Today, I want to consider another way to operationalize compliance through the Compliance Oversight Committee. The Compliance Oversight Committee sits between the CCO and the Board’s compliance committee. The role of this Compliance Oversight Committee is to provide oversight and review of high risk issues such as third party approvals and renewals, requests for payments from third parties and significant gift, travel and entertainment requests from employees. This committee’s oversight demonstrates not only a shared committee to compliance as required under the Justice Department’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs but also fulfills the requirement for engaged senior management oversight as a part of a company’s management of risk. As far back as January 2005, in the Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) entered into between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Monsanto Company, it provided for “the establishment and maintenance of a committee to supervise the review of (I) the retention of any agent, consultant, or other representative for purposes of business development or lobbying in a foreign jurisdiction”, or a Compliance Oversight Committee. The scope of this Compliance Oversight Committee was not fleshed out in the DPA. While many have focused on the Compliance Oversight Committee to monitor agents and other third party business representatives, the role of the Compliance Oversight Committee should be broader than simply the issues of third party agents and representatives. A major purpose of a Compliance Oversight Committee is to act as redundant backup to the books and records internal controls systems, designed to prevent and detect violations of a company’s compliance program. It should be clear the role of the Compliance Oversight Committee is not to substitute its judgment for that of the CCO but rather to provide another level of review to make sure nothing slips through the cracks which might expose the company to unwanted risk. This can begin with a clear, written charter that sets out the functionality, goals, and parameters of the group. Moreover, the Compliance Oversight Committee should be reviewed on a periodic basis to determine usefulness and effectiveness. To this end, the Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) Complete Compliance and Ethics Manual (2016 ed.) suggests the following language in its proposed form of Compliance Committee Charter: The compliance officer shall have ultimate responsibility for operating the compliance program, with the support and assistance of the compliance committee. The committee shall consist of ### members, representative of each major department or area. The committee may appoint ad hoc members, each to serve at the pleasure of the committee, to assist and advise the committee in carrying out this charter. While the ad hoc members of the committee are not entitled to vote on matters formally considered by the committee, the ad hoc members shall be entitled to call a meeting of the committee and, further, to have any matter included on the agenda of any meeting of the committee. The committee shall designate the proper manner for calling meetings and the setting of agendas thereto. Who should be on an Oversight Committee? The Monsanto DPA provides guidance on this point by stating, “The majority of the committee shall be comprised of persons who are not subordinate to the most senior officer of the department or unit responsible for the relevant transaction.” This indicates that senior management should be involved in the Compliance Oversight Committee. It also indicates that more than one department should be represented on the Compliance Oversight Committee. This would include senior representatives from the Accounting (or Finance) Department, Compliance & Legal Departments, IT, Finance and Business Unit Operations. The bottom line is that the CCO should chair a committee of peers/senior level officers who are in a position to make decisions and marshal resources. What Should the Oversight Committee Review? There are a variety of approaches that a Compliance Oversight Committee can assume. It can dive down deeply ‘into the weeds’ for transactions which the company has identified as high risk. This can be the review of agents or other representatives in high risk areas or transactions in high risk countries. The Compliance Oversight Committee can use techniques such as continuous controls monitoring to identify any outliers of payments or other indicia of financial information which would warrant additional investigations. In addition to this remedial review, the Compliance Oversight Committee should review all payments requested by agents and representatives to assure such payment is within the company guidelines and is warranted by the contractual relationship with the company. Lastly, the Compliance Oversight Committee should review company sales or business development requests to provide compensation and, as appropriate, reimbursement for gifts, travel and entertainment of foreign governmental officials.  The oversight of Foreign Business Partners is one of the key mechanisms that a company can use to prevent and detect any violation of its own Code of Ethics and Compliance and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The proper structure of the Compliance Oversight Committee and its full engagement with all aspects of a company’s relationship with a Foreign Business Partner is one of the areas that the DOJ will look for in a successful FCPA compliance program. However, it is incumbent that each Compliance Oversight Committee should be designed to review the highest risks to your organization. If your company’s highest compliance risk is third party relationships, you should focus your compliance committee resources on that issue. My recommendation is that a company should incorporate both a pre-execution function and a post-execution management function in overseeing the full relationship with any third party. While this would most necessarily focus on FCPA compliance, there should also be a commercial component to this function. The Compliance Oversight Committee should therefore review all documents relevant to the five-step lifecycle management of third parties. Conclusion The Compliance Oversight Committee is a key tool which can be utilized by a company to manage its risks. The books and records component of internal controls is one level of prevention and detection. The review by a Compliance Department for requests for travel for and gifts and entertainment to foreign governmental officials and the lifecycle management of third parties is also an important step in the prevention process. However, the Compliance Oversight Committee is another step which operationalizes compliance and should be employed by companies as an additional protection against any type of compliance and ethics violation slipping through the cracks to become a much larger problem down the road. Companies should implement a Compliance Oversight Committee and review the systems they have in place to detect risky conduct.   Three Key Takeaways The Justice Department has long suggested an approach of operationalizing compliance through greater senior management oversight. A Compliance Oversight Committee allows for an increased set of eyeballs on your highest risk compliance risks. A Compliance Oversight Committee acts as another control mechanism for a best practices compliance program. This month’s podcast series is sponsored by Oversight Systems, Inc. Oversight’s automated transaction monitoring solution, Insights On Demand for FCPA, operationalizes your compliance program. For more information, go to OversightSystems.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trading Block: Brexit provides a review of pitfalls for options and futures traders. Oil extends decline as Brexit fallout spurs market volatility. Could the Fed potentially reverse course and cut rates? Odd Block: Calls trade in Crown Castle Inter. (CCI), puts trade in Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses how to select the correct collar size. Listener Mail: Listener questions and comments Question from David Shanabrook: Can you check the $AAPL weekly options for this week?  Huge open interest (put and call) at $100, $105 accelerated repurchase by Apple?  What is the effect? Around the Block: Earnings! Tuesday: Nike, Inc. Wednesday: General Mills, Monsanto Company, Pier1 Imports Thursday: ConAgra Foods

Trading Block: Brexit provides a review of pitfalls for options and futures traders. Oil extends decline as Brexit fallout spurs market volatility. Could the Fed potentially reverse course and cut rates? Odd Block: Calls trade in Crown Castle Inter. (CCI), puts trade in Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses how to select the correct collar size. Listener Mail: Listener questions and comments Question from David Shanabrook: Can you check the $AAPL weekly options for this week? Huge open interest (put and call) at $100, $105 accelerated repurchase by Apple? What is the effect? Around the Block: Earnings! Tuesday: Nike, Inc. Wednesday: General Mills, Monsanto Company, Pier1 Imports Thursday: ConAgra Foods

I met this week's featured podcast guest, Nick Weber, earlier this year through the Social Media Strategies Summit in Chicago. As the Global Social Media Strategy Lead at Monsanto Company, Nick provides a look at how they're empowering customers and employees to advocate, or as they call it agvocate, for the brand. In 2003 Monsanto Company was spun off from the original Monsanto (established in 1901) as an agricultural unit. Between 2008 and 2009 Monsanto Company recognized the need to have a presence on social media so they could respond to consumers. Tune in to hear how Monsanto Company is leveraging their biggest advocates, their customers, to help tell their story. View the show notes: http://www.socialbusinessengine.com/podcasts/how-monsanto-creates-customer-employee-advocacy

Monsanto Company is a global supplier of herbicides and seeds. Monsanto leads the world market for genetically modified (GM) seed; it produces GM varieties for corn, soybeans, and cotton. Monsanto also makes the leading brand of herbicide, Roundup, and has developed genetically engineered seeds for crops to resist Roundup. Monsanto owns one of the world's top suppliers of fruit and vegetable seeds, Seminis, and has acquired a number of regional seed producers through its American Seeds Inc. subsidiary. The original Monsanto Company spun off its chemical business in 1997 and renamed itself Pharmacia Corporation following a merger with Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc. in 2000. The old Monsanto's agriculture business became the new Monsanto Company. Tonite we will be discussing the following; 1. Its early 20th century origins;  2. Expansion and leadership n the postwar period; 3.  Company Perspectives; 4. Legal Challenges; 5.  Transitional Stages and Re-organization, and 6.  Contraverseries.  Join us for a discussion with leading experts Lisa Elkins Goodman, and Warren Trammell.  Hosts: Doreen Finkle and Reuben Torres.   This show sponsored by Studentsforabetterfuture.com

In this episode Matt and Mike discuss the genetically modified foods debate or GMO debate and why we should care about this issue. The Monsanto Company, the leading company involved in the controversies surrounding this issue is discussed and their practices examined. They also cover their involvement in the March Against Monsanto protest held in on October 12, 2013. Matt and Mike participated in the March held in Creve Coeur, Missouri at the Monsanto World Headquarters Building.

Last week, Congress and the president managed to avoid a government shutdown with a continuing resolution that funds the federal government for the next six months.  Unbeknownst to most lawmakers, a last-minute rider, nicknamed the "Monsanto Protection Act," found its way, anonymously, into the continuing resolution before President Obama signed it last Tuesday.  Senator Jon Tester, Democrat from Montana, was outraged. "These provisions are giveaways worth millions of dollars to a handful of the biggest corporations in this country and deserve no place in this bill," he said. As Tom Philpott, food and agriculture correspondent for Mother Jones, explains, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has to approve genetically-modified crops before companies could sell the seeds to farmers. In 2008 and 2009, the Center for Food Safety, along with other environmental groups, sued the USDA in federal court, claiming that the USDA approved two genetically engineered crops without a detailed environmental impact statement.  The Center for Food Safety won the suit in both cases, but the rider on this year's continuing resolution would bar environmental groups from suing the USDA for these purposes.  The Monsanto Company declined The Takeaway's request for an interview, but they released the following statement: As a member of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA), we were pleased to join major grower groups in supporting the Farmer Assurance Provision including the American Farm Bureau Federation, the American Soybean Association, the American Sugarbeet Growers Association, the National Corn Growers Association, the National Cotton Council, and several others.   The point of the Farmer Assurance Provision is to strike a careful balance allowing farmers to continue to plant and cultivate their crops subject to appropriate environmental safeguards, while USDA conducts any necessary further environmental reviews.  The attached letter, submitted by the industry in June 2012, should provide you with additional information and context about what the provision is intended to accomplish.  A broad bipartisan group of legislators in both the House and Senate have supported the provision dating back to June 2012, and it passed with broad bipartisan support.  

Don Johnson was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and received a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree from Northwest Missouri State College in Maryville, Missouri. After earning a Doctorate in Education from the University of Missouri, Mr. Johnson joined the Monsanto Company and lived in Pensacola, Florida, and Charleston, West Virginia. In 1985 he accepted a position with the Lockheed-Georgia Company and moved to Cobb County, Georgia. He started the Don Johnson State Farm Insurance Agency in 1986. Mr. Johnson attends Zion Baptist in Marietta, Georgia, and is a Trustee for the KSU Foundation. ID:ksu-45-05-001-03034 Rights:To request permission to publish, reproduce, publicly display, broadcast, or distribute this material in any format, you must contact the Archives, Rare Books and Records Management.

Don Johnson was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and received a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree from Northwest Missouri State College in Maryville, Missouri. After earning a Doctorate in Education from the University of Missouri, Mr. Johnson joined the Monsanto Company and lived in Pensacola, Florida, and Charleston, West Virginia. In 1985 he accepted a position with the Lockheed-Georgia Company and moved to Cobb County, Georgia. He started the Don Johnson State Farm Insurance Agency in 1986. Mr. Johnson attends Zion Baptist in Marietta, Georgia, and is a Trustee for the KSU Foundation. Use Restrictions: To request permission to publish, reproduce, publicly display, broadcast, or distribute this material in any format, you must contact the Archives, Rare Books and Records Management.