Monsanto is good at pressuring and overcoming nearly everybody, with all their money, tentacles in our corrupt government, etc., etc.
It's a mess.
I was talking to a pharmacist the other day who knows about all this, and he said some things that show that they're seemingly trying to starve people in some areas here in California on top of all that.
Like you, people everywhere who "know" are suggesting to grow your own foods.