{"id":55148,"date":"2017-01-16T21:38:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T21:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=55148"},"modified":"2017-01-16T21:38:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T21:38:45","slug":"all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/","title":{"rendered":"All Signs Point to a Corporate Takeover of the Marijuana Industry by Bayer, Monsanto"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following months of negotiations and various offers, Germany-based Bayer has finally sealed the deal with Monsanto, purchasing the seed giant for $66 billion. The merger is reported to be the largest all-cash deal on record.<\/p>\n

The purchase means a lot of things, and none of them good for consumers. For one, it strengthens the monopolization of the world’s food supply. It also means more genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and chemicals to be doused on them.<\/p>\n

Now, some are predicting the merge could also mean the takeover of the marijuana industry. Monsanto has an intimate business relationship with Scotts Miracle-Gro, “a convicted corporate criminal– and Scott’s Miracle-Gro is trying to take over the marijuana industry,” according to Big Buds Mag<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Is Monsanto going after the pot industry?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Miracle-Gro has looked to capitalize on the expanding pot industry in states where the plant has been legalized or decriminalized. The company’s CEO, Jim Hagadorn, stated his intentions to spend up to $500 million to completely buy out the marijuana industry.<\/p>\n

A Scott’s Miracle-Gro front group has already purchased General Hydroponics, Botanicare and Gavita.<\/p>\n

“Major hydroponics nutrients, lighting, soil, and other grow equipment manufacturers report they’ve also been offered takeover bids by Scotts Miracle-Gro or its ‘Hawthorne’ front company.<\/p>\n

“Maximum Yield Magazine, which bans marijuana hydroponics nutrients company Advanced Nutrients from its indoor gardening expo events, welcomed a Monsanto affiliate into its Boston gardening expo several years ago.”<\/p>\n

Bayer is of course playing a role in this planned monopolization, as well. The German chemical company does business with GW Pharmaceuticals, a company based in the United Kingdom that grows cannabis and produces medicines from its compounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some are predicting the merge between Bayer and Monsanto could mean the takeover of the marijuana industry. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":52530,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1000,1031],"tags":[7],"organicbytes":[],"countries":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAll Signs Point to a Corporate Takeover of the Marijuana Industry by Bayer, Monsanto - Organic Consumers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"All Signs Point to a Corporate Takeover of the Marijuana Industry by Bayer, Monsanto - Organic Consumers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some are predicting the merge between Bayer and Monsanto could mean the takeover of the marijuana industry. \" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Organic Consumers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/organicconsumers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-16T21:38:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/marijuana_plant_green_kola_420x280.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"OCA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@organicconsumer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@organicconsumer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"OCA\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"OCA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#\/schema\/person\/3286fbb57d176e9dfb5990eb19a78260\"},\"headline\":\"All Signs Point to a Corporate Takeover of the Marijuana Industry by Bayer, Monsanto\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-16T21:38:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-16T21:38:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/\"},\"wordCount\":305,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/marijuana_plant_green_kola_420x280.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Genetic Engineering\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Millions Against Monsanto\",\"X News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/\",\"name\":\"All Signs Point to a Corporate Takeover of the Marijuana Industry by Bayer, Monsanto - Organic Consumers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/marijuana_plant_green_kola_420x280.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-16T21:38:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-16T21:38:45+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/marijuana_plant_green_kola_420x280.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/marijuana_plant_green_kola_420x280.jpg\",\"width\":420,\"height\":280,\"caption\":\"Marijuana plant\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"All Signs Point to a Corporate Takeover of the Marijuana Industry by Bayer, Monsanto\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/\",\"name\":\"Organic Consumers Association\",\"description\":\"Campaigning for health, justice, regeneration, peace, and democracy.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Organic Consumers Association\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OCA.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OCA.png\",\"width\":640,\"height\":290,\"caption\":\"Organic Consumers Association\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/organicconsumers\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/organicconsumer\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/organicconsumers\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@organicconsumer\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#\/schema\/person\/3286fbb57d176e9dfb5990eb19a78260\",\"name\":\"OCA\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/author\/pam\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"All Signs Point to a Corporate Takeover of the Marijuana Industry by Bayer, Monsanto - Organic Consumers","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"All Signs Point to a Corporate Takeover of the Marijuana Industry by Bayer, Monsanto - Organic Consumers","og_description":"Some are predicting the merge between Bayer and Monsanto could mean the takeover of the marijuana industry. ","og_url":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/","og_site_name":"Organic Consumers","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/organicconsumers","article_published_time":"2017-01-16T21:38:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":420,"height":280,"url":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/marijuana_plant_green_kola_420x280.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"OCA","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@organicconsumer","twitter_site":"@organicconsumer","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"OCA","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/"},"author":{"name":"OCA","@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#\/schema\/person\/3286fbb57d176e9dfb5990eb19a78260"},"headline":"All Signs Point to a Corporate Takeover of the Marijuana Industry by Bayer, Monsanto","datePublished":"2017-01-16T21:38:45+00:00","dateModified":"2017-01-16T21:38:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/"},"wordCount":305,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/marijuana_plant_green_kola_420x280.jpg","keywords":["Genetic Engineering"],"articleSection":["Millions Against Monsanto","X News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/","url":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/","name":"All Signs Point to a Corporate Takeover of the Marijuana Industry by Bayer, Monsanto - Organic Consumers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/marijuana_plant_green_kola_420x280.jpg","datePublished":"2017-01-16T21:38:45+00:00","dateModified":"2017-01-16T21:38:45+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/marijuana_plant_green_kola_420x280.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/marijuana_plant_green_kola_420x280.jpg","width":420,"height":280,"caption":"Marijuana plant"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/all-signs-point-corporate-takeover-marijuana-industry-bayer-monsanto\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"All Signs Point to a Corporate Takeover of the Marijuana Industry by Bayer, Monsanto"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/","name":"Organic Consumers Association","description":"Campaigning for health, justice, regeneration, peace, and democracy.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#organization","name":"Organic Consumers Association","url":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OCA.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OCA.png","width":640,"height":290,"caption":"Organic Consumers Association"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/organicconsumers","https:\/\/x.com\/organicconsumer","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/organicconsumers\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@organicconsumer\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#\/schema\/person\/3286fbb57d176e9dfb5990eb19a78260","name":"OCA","url":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/author\/pam\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55148"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55148"},{"taxonomy":"organicbytes","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/organicbytes?post=55148"},{"taxonomy":"countries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/countries?post=55148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}