BOYCOTT REQUEST: Scotts Lawn Service = Monsanto

Simple Request:  If you use Scotts Lawn Service, please cancel your account.  Also, please stop buying Scotts Miracle-Gro and other products.

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Scotts Lawn Service Is Really Monsanto In Disguise

The news that Monsanto’s best-selling Roundup herbicide, sprayed profusely in neighborhoods across the world, is a probable human carcinogen according to the World Health Organization has led even more people to look for better ways.

And despite all this, one lawn care company, one that dumps countless harmful chemicals like these into our environment each day, seems above the same type of criticism directed at similar Roundup pushers like Monsanto.

While most lawn care companies use harsh chemicals like Roundup, one stands above the rest: and supporting them may not be much different than directly supporting Monsanto themselves.

Scotts & The Monsanto Connection

Recently, Monsanto, widely regarded as one of the most hated corporations in the world due to their lawsuits against small farmers, unwanted GMO seeds and harmful agrochemical-based business model, announced a lucrative new partnership with a well known ally that flew under the radar of most activists.

The company recently announced a new $300 million agreement with Scotts Lawn Care, makers of Miracle-Gro and other lawn care products widely sold at most retail giants, to continue to find new ways to “deliver consumers with a diverse range of lawn and garden solutions,” as Kerry Preete, Monsanto Executive Vice President of Global Strategy, said on the company’s website.

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