Does Marion Nestle Read This Blog?

When I posted One Reason We Need Government-Free Science, I wondered if someone on the statist side would use similar arguments against private funding of research. It's happened.

On the other hand, funding from a private business can be countered by funding by its commercial rivals … except that, according to Professor Nestle:

As for Monsanto and the organic food industry, both “recruit scientists to speak on their behalf, [but] Monsanto has far greater resources,“ says Nestle.

On the gripping hand, out here in the real world, Monsanto's revenue is US$ 15.9 billion and the sales of organic produce amounts to $39 billion.