The organic food industry lobby was in full swing in Brussels with their StopGlyphosateWeek. A collective of NGOs ran an entire week of actions for the chemically obsessed to show how glyphosate, a relatively benign herbicide less toxic than a cup of coffee, is the root of all that is evil in humanity. The high-point of StopGlyphosateWeek was the screening of a film about the victims of Monsanto called Into the Weeds. It was promoted as the story about DeWayne “Lee” Johnson’s heroic battle against that evil scourge of corporate greed: Monsanto (sometimes called Bayer-Monsanto since the Darth Maul no longer technically exists).In writing this review, I approached watching an activist documentary about how glyphosate kills everything not from the typical film-goer’s expectation (a need to be motivated, inspired and leaving with the satisfaction of a clear victory for good against evil), but as a gauge on how activists see the science, benefits and policies of this essential cro
The organic food industry lobby was in full swing in Brussels with their StopGlyphosateWeek. A collective of NGOs ran an entire week of actions for the chemically obsessed to show how glyphosate, a relatively benign herbicide less toxic than a cup of coffee, is the root of all that is evil in humanity. The high-point of StopGlyphosateWeek was the screening of a film about the victims of Monsanto called Into the Weeds. It was promoted as the story about DeWayne “Lee” Johnson’s heroic battle against that evil scourge of corporate greed: Monsanto (sometimes called Bayer-Monsanto since the Darth Maul no longer technically exists).In writing this review, I approached watching an activist documentary about how glyphosate kills everything not from the typical film-goer’s expectation (a need to be motivated, inspired and leaving with the satisfaction of a clear victory for good against evil), but as a gauge on how activists see the science, benefits and policies of this essential cro