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Council for Responsible Genetics, 8 August 2011
http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/blog/post/Monsanto-enters-into-market-for-fresh-sweet-corn.aspxMonsanto Co. is expanding its reach -– into the grocery store's produce aisle.
The company said it plans to launch this fall a genetically modified sweet corn seed for farmers to grow. The corn, once ripe, would be harvested and then be carried in grocery stores in the U.S. and Canada.
Though biotech sweet corn is already sold in many grocery stores in California and across the country, the news marks the first time the St. Louis-based biotech giant has rolled out a product for a consumer-oriented food that has been genetically altered to let farmers spray their fields with Monsanto's Roundup herbicide.
Like farmers who grow corn for animal feed or fuel, the farmers who raise sweet corn are interested in using Monsanto’s glyphosate to battle weeds and insects, said Consuelo Madere, the company’s vice president of its global vegetable business.