Monsanto’s near-monopoly gives the company the right to control access to a staple food item that is found in a wide range of consumer products.“Consider that by exerting this level of control over the food supply, Monsanto is rapidly creating a world in which people have to pay fealty to the corporation in order to grow food and/or consume it. In this sense, Monsanto gains enormous power to determine who is allowed to eat – and thus who lives or dies.