Seed Money
Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 387 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
"A deeply researched and eye-opening history that shows how Monsanto came to have outsized influence over our food system. This is the definitive history of Monsanto, a St. Louis chemical firm that became the world's largest genetically engineered seed enterprise. Monsanto merged with German pharma-biotech giant Bayer in 2018, but its Roundup Ready seeds, introduced twenty-five years ago, are still reshaping the farms that feed us. Incorporating global fieldwork, interviews with company employees, and untapped corporate and government records, award-winning historian Bartow J. Elmore traces Monsanto's astounding evolution from a scrappy chemical startup to a global agrobusiness powerhouse. Capitalizing on deals with customers like Coca-Cola, General Electric, and especially the US government, Monsanto used seed money derived from toxic products-including PCBs and Agent Orange-to build an agricultural empire, promising endless bounty through its genetically engineered technology. As new data emerges about its blockbuster Roundup system, and as Bayer faces a tide of lawsuits over Monsanto products past and present, Elmore's urgent history takes a penetrating look at the company's past"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Monsanto Company.
Agricultural chemicals industry -- United States -- History.
Seed industry and trade -- United States -- History.
Plant biotechnology industry -- United States -- History.
Transgenic plants -- United States -- History.
Agriculture -- United States -- History.
Monsanto Company.
Agricultural chemicals industry -- United States -- History.
Seed industry and trade -- United States -- History.
Plant biotechnology industry -- United States -- History.
Transgenic plants -- United States -- History.
Agriculture -- United States -- History.
ISBN:
9781324002048
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-374) and index.