Editing Monsanto (section)

== Public relations ==
Monsanto has engaged in various [[public relations]] campaigns to improve its image and public perception of some of its products.<ref>Jenny Hopkinson, "[https://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/monsanto-agriculture-image-problem-100442 Monsanto's makeover]", ''Politico'', November 29, 2013.</ref><ref>John Vidal, "[https://www.theguardian.com/science/1999/oct/07/gm.food We forgot to listen, says Monsanto]", ''The Guardian'', October 6, 1999.</ref> These include developing a relationship with scientist [[Richard Doll]] with respect to [[Agent Orange]].<ref>Sarah Boseley, "[https://www.theguardian.com/science/2006/dec/08/smoking.frontpagenews Renowned cancer scientist was paid by chemical firm for 20 years]"; ''The Guardian'', December 8, 2006.</ref><ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6220440.stm Industry 'paid top cancer expert']", ''BBC'', December 8, 2006.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tweedale|first=Geoffrey|date=2007-04-01|title=Hero or Villain?—Sir Richard Doll and Occupational Cancer|journal=International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health|volume=13|issue=2|pages=233–235|doi=10.1179/oeh.2007.13.2.233|issn=1077-3525|pmid=17718181|s2cid=40438560}}</ref> Other campaigns include the joint funding with other biotech companies for the website [[GMO Answers]].<ref>Eric Lipton, "[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/06/us/food-industry-enlisted-academics-in-gmo-lobbying-war-emails-show.html Food Industry Enlisted Academics in G.M.O. Lobbying War, Emails Show]", ''The New York Times'', September 9, 2015.</ref>

=== Sponsorships ===
* [[Disneyland]] attractions, namely:
** Hall of Chemistry (1955 to 1966)<ref name="HallOfChemistry">[http://www.yesterland.com/chemistry.html Monsanto Hall of Chemistry]. Yesterland.com.</ref>
** [[Monsanto House of the Future]] (from 1957 to 1967)<ref>[http://alum.mit.edu/pages/sliceofmit/2010/04/30/monsanto_mit_house/ Houses: Make Mine Small, Modular, and Made of Plastic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829035358/http://alum.mit.edu/pages/sliceofmit/2010/04/30/monsanto_mit_house/ |date=August 29, 2012 }}. Alum.mit.edu (April 30, 2010)</ref><ref>[http://www.yesterland.com/futurewontwait.html "The Future Won't Wait"]. Yesterland.com.</ref>
** Fashions and Fabrics through the Years (from 1965 to 1966)<ref name="HallOfChemistry" />
** [[Adventure Thru Inner Space]] (from 1967 to 1986)<ref>[http://www.yesterland.com/innersp.html Adventure Thru Inner Space]. Yesterland.com.</ref>
* Monsanto has donated $10 million to the [[Missouri Botanical Garden#Sponsorhip|Missouri Botanical Garden]] in St. Louis in the 1970s, which named its 1998 plant science facility the 'Monsanto Center', which has been renamed in 2018 as the 'Bayer Center'.<ref>Press release [http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/media/news-releases/article/327/missouri-botanical-garden-receives-3-million-gift-from-monsanto-company-toward.aspx "Missouri Botanical Garden receives $3 million gift from Monsanto Company toward development of a World Flora Online."] Missouri Botanical Garden, June 5, 2012</ref>
* [[Field Museum]]
** [[Gregor Mendel]] exhibit<ref>[https://www.fieldmuseum.org/sites/default/files/2007_Annual_Report.pdf&sa=U&ved=0CBcQFjAJahUKEwisj_Tv45jIAhVDi5IKHUfsAw4&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNGOjrisbjc_nxp7X70S47qqRW85NQ 2007 Annual Report]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Field Museum, page 10, 2007: "Restricted gifts and grants 100,000 to $249,999"</ref> and "Underground Adventures" since 2011 "about the importance and fragility of the ecosystem within soil".<ref>Press Release [http://www.fieldmuseum.org/underground-adventure-press-release Underground Adventure] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627075337/https://www.fieldmuseum.org/underground-adventure-press-release |date=June 27, 2017 }} Field Museum, 2011</ref>
**"Monsanto Environmental Education Initiative", led by Gregory M. Mueller
** Chair of the Department of Botany and Associate Curator of Mycology<ref>[https://www.fieldmuseum.org/sites/default/files/annual_report1999_0.pdf&sa=U&ved=0CA8QFjAEOApqFQoTCM-ZuerpmMgCFVYWkgod14cA3g&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNHHmdRvgsFxatou5bxDLSFRPlki4ATHE FIELD MUSEUM 1999 ANNUAL REPORT TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Office of Academic Affairs, The Field Museum, March 20, 2000, page 53</ref>
** Staff of the Field Museum, such as Curator Mark W. Westneat, attended Monsanto meetings<ref>Office of Collections and Research, The Field Museum [https://www.fieldmuseum.org/.../FINAL_CR_Annual_Report_2012.pdf The field museum 2012 annual report to the board of trustees] page 64.</ref>
*[[Bayer Insectarium|Monsanto Insectarium]], renamed in 2018 as the Bayer Insectarium, at the [[Saint Louis Zoological Park|St. Louis Zoo]], in [[St. Louis, Missouri]],

=== University relationships ===
Monsanto was a major funder of science research at [[Washington University in St. Louis]] for many years.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.247.4946.1027|title=Monsanto - WashU|journal=Science|date=March 2, 1990|volume=247|issue=4946|page=1027|doi=10.1126/science.247.4946.1027|last1=Culliton|first1=Barbara J.|pmid=17800050}}</ref> This research was highlighted by the Washington University/Monsanto Biomedical Research Agreement, which brought more than $100 million of research funding to the university.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beckerarchives.wustl.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=8381&q=&rootcontentid=157655|title=WU/Monsanto Biomedical Research Agreement {{!}} Vertical File Collection, Bernard Becker Medical Library Archives|website=beckerarchives.wustl.edu|access-date=2019-08-19}}</ref> [[Washington University in St. Louis|Washington University]] built the Monsanto Laboratory of the Life Sciences in 1965.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wustl.edu/about/campuses/danforth-campus/monsanto-laboratory-life-sciences/|title=Monsanto Laboratory of the Life Sciences|website=Washington University in St. Louis|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-19|archive-date=August 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822180137/https://wustl.edu/about/campuses/danforth-campus/monsanto-laboratory-life-sciences/}}</ref> In 2015, Monsanto gave Washington University's Institute for School Partnership a $1.94 million grant to help better teach students in STEM fields.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monsanto.com/news-releases/monsanto-fund-awards-1-9-million-grant-to-institute-for-school-partnership/|title=Monsanto Fund Awards $1.9 Million Grant to Institute for School Partnership|date=2015-08-18|website=Monsanto|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-20|archive-date=August 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820161253/https://monsanto.com/news-releases/monsanto-fund-awards-1-9-million-grant-to-institute-for-school-partnership/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/blog/biznext/2015/07/monsanto-gives-wash-u-stem-initiative-2-2-million.html|title=Monsanto - WashU Stem Initiative|website=www.bizjournals.com|access-date=2019-08-19}}</ref>