The 10 most powerful food people in America

Hugh Grant

Chairman, President and CEO, Monsanto Company

You either love Monsanto or you hate the leading company of genetically modified seeds (and manufacturer of RoundUp pesticide and recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH)). Regardless, as leader of the international biotechnology firm, which was highly criticized in Food, Inc and The Future of Food for inhumane and unethical practices, Hugh Grant has a huge influence on the foods we eat today and in the future.

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