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Author Elmore, Bartow J., author.

Title Seed money : Monsanto's past and our food future / Bartow J. Elmore.

Publication Info. New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]

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Location Call No. Status
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  338.766 ELMORE    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  338.766 ELMORE    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  338.766 ELMORE, BARTOW J.    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  338.766 ELM    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  338.766 ELMORE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  338.766 ELMORE    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  338.766 ELL    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  338.766 ELMORE    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  338.766 ELMORE    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  338.766 ELMORE    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 387 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-374) and index.
Summary "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.
Subject 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 (hardcover)
1324002042 (hardcover)
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