Monsanto, a St. Louis chemical firm that became the worldās largest maker of genetically engineered seeds, merged with German pharma-biotech giant Bayer in 2018ābut its Roundup ReadyĀ® seeds, introduced twenty-five years ago, are still reshaping the farms that feed us.
When researchers found trace amounts of the firmās blockbuster herbicide in breakfast cereal bowls, Monsanto faced public outcry. Award-winning historian Bartow J. Elmore shows how the Roundup story is just one of the troubling threads of Monsantoās past, many told here and woven together for the first time.
A company employee sitting on potentially explosive information who weighs risking everything to tell his story. A town whose residents are urged to avoid their basements because Monsantoās radioactive waste laces their homesā foundations. Factory workers who peel off layers of their skin before accepting cash bonuses to continue dirty jobs. An executive wrestling with the ethics of selling a profitable product he knew was toxic.
Incorporating global fieldwork, interviews with company employees, and untapped corporate and government records, Elmore traces Monsantoās astounding evolution from a scrappy chemical startup to a global agribusiness powerhouse. Monsanto used seed money derived from toxic productsāincluding PCBs and Agent Orangeāto build an agricultural empire, promising endless bounty through its genetically engineered technology.
Skyrocketing sales of Monsantoās new Roundup Ready system stunned even those in the seed trade, who marveled at the influx of cash and lavish incentives into their sleepy sector. But as new data emerges about the Roundup system, and as Bayer faces a tide of lawsuits over Monsanto products past and present, Elmoreās urgent history shows how our food future is still very much tethered to the companyās chemical past.
This book title, Seed Money (Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future), ISBN: 9781324002048, by Bartow J. Elmore, published by W. W. Norton & Company (October 12, 2021) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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