Bartow J. Elmore Discusses Seed Money: Monsanto's Past + Our Food Future

1124 Parsons Ave.,Columbus OH 43206

28 October, 2021

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Join us for a special reading and discussion with author of Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future, Bartow J. Elmore Masks and vaccine required for entry. Join us for a special reading and discussion with author of Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future, Bartow J. Elmore. Seed Money is an authoritative and eye-opening history that examines how Monsanto came to have outsized influence over our food system. When researchers found trace amounts of the firm’s 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 Monsanto’s 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 Monsanto’s radioactive waste laces their homes’ 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 Monsanto’s astounding evolution from a scrappy chemical startup to a global agribusiness powerhouse. 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. Bart Elmore is an award-winning professor and writer who investigates the impact of big business on our environment.