EAN: 9781324002048

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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. Capitalising 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.

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