As someone who has worked for one of these multinational, I could have never imagined the stigma I would have when I said where I worked. On a wedding for example the discussion literally went silent when I said I worked for such a company. What nobody knew is that worked in GIS maps to warn farmers not to apply these pesticides near waterways. So I became more careful about clickbait titles and the hate against these companies and what is really having an effect in these ecology.

Of course we spent millions on marketing and selling more was the target of our sales teams. The problem is more that the whole field faces immense pressure, stigma and lack if alternatives - making it unsexy for funding or to even talk about it. I would welcome more innovation in that space and a constructive discussion instead of feeding the stigma.. ps: I don’t work there anymore…