<story><title>French court finds Monsanto guilty of poisoning farmer</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/11/french-court-finds-monsanto-guilty-of-poisoning-farmer</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ddoran</author><text>I happen to be staying at a b&amp;amp;b at a organic French vineyard right now. We stayed here because the owner has written three books about the experience [1] and it was in an area we wanted to visit (between Bordeaux and Bergerac) rather than because it was organic. As we have walked around this area, I&amp;#x27;ve been horrified by the contrast between organic vineyards and those which are not. The non-organic vineyards have scorched dead brown grass a foot either side of every row of vines, from insecticide which is applied every 6 weeks. The organic vines are surrounded by green grass and wildflowers. 94% of Bordeaux wine is not organic. There is a lot of scorched dead grass.&lt;p&gt;Before this &amp;quot;organic&amp;quot; to me meant: expensive, nice idea, faddish and definitely not something I sought out.&lt;p&gt;This trip has been life-changing. I&amp;#x27;ve become an organic convert overnight. I do not want to eat fruit or plant byproducts from roots which are constantly exposed to weedkiller or insecticide so strong that it kills all around it (except the root itself).&lt;p&gt;[1]- &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;s?k=caro+feely&amp;amp;ref=nb_sb_noss_2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;s?k=caro+feely&amp;amp;ref=nb_sb_noss_2&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>French court finds Monsanto guilty of poisoning farmer</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/11/french-court-finds-monsanto-guilty-of-poisoning-farmer</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>dessant</author><text>I wonder if they&amp;#x27;ll also change ways, or just names.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;jun&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;monsanto-to-ditch-its-infamous-name-after-sale-to-bayer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;jun&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;monsanto-to...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>