Monsanto Executive Wins World Food Prize 271
sfcrazy writes "A top Monsanto executive has won the prestigious World Food Prize. Secretary of State John Kerry announced the award where Robert T. Fraley, the executive vice president and CTO of Monsanto, won the prize along with two other scientists from Belgium and the US. The award was given for devising a method to insert genes from another organism into plant cells, which could produce new genetic lines with highly favorable traits."
Mmm (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Proofreading? (Score:5, Funny)
It is Monsanto. "Sell" isn't exactly wrong.
Re:Fits With Obama Peace Prize (Score:5, Funny)
Hey, if Obama can win the Nobel Peace Prize for expanding our wars and the war powers assumed by his office, why shouldn't a company that that profiteers on regulatory agriculture monopolies get the World Food Prize?
To be fair, Obama didn't win the Nobel prize for ending wars. He won the prize for not being Bush.
Re:Ruin the US wheat crop, get a prize! (Score:2, Funny)
You can't put the *gene* back in the bottle again.
Re:Proofreading? (Score:2, Funny)
The day that happens you better have your guns ready.