Can Monsanto's CEO move the debate about GMOs beyond good versus evil?

Hugh Grant talks to the Guardian's Marc Gunther about the agribusiness giant's two-front war for a sustainable food supply

"You have an easy job," I tell Hugh Grant, the CEO of Monsanto, as we sit down at the W Hotel in New York City. He looks puzzled, so I explain: "I just read on the Internet that Monsanto controls the world's food supply."

Grant, 57, jokes that it's all effortless. The idea that Monsanto controls the world's food is a canard, but there's no doubt that it's a major player in the food chain. The St Louis-based agribusiness giant produced 35.5% of the corn seeds and 28% of the soybean seeds planted in the US in 2014, with sales topping $15.8bn last year.