What we’re talking about here is Darwinian evolution in fast-forward

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Mike Owen, a weed scientist at Iowa State University, on the rise of herbicide, particularly Roundp, resistant weeds. Monsanto, who makes billions of dollars selling Roundp and genetically modified corn and soybeans that are resistant to the weed killer, has told us for years that this wouldn’t be a problem, while they were also suing farmers who saved seeds instead of paying for new seeds year after year. It was a brilliant sell-the-blade business model that worked really well for about twenty years but now appears poised to have some very serious consequences.

Honestly, the only thing I’m surprised about is that Roundup resistant weeds have showed up this quickly, I thought it’d be at least another decade.