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Bartow J. Elmore

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Whether we can see it or not, the impacts of Monsanto— the agrochemical giant best known for creating the herbicide Roundup and the genetically engineered seeds that resist it— are everywhere. Monsanto has shaped and reshaped the farms that provide food to people worldwide; and while we might not be able to see the breadth of the company’s impacts, we’re most certainly eating them. In Seed Money, Bartow J. Elmore investigated how the future of food remains tethered to Monsanto, despite a toxic and troubling past that extends far beyond Roundup. Through extensive fieldwork, previously-unseen records, and countless interviews with farmers, lawyers, chemists, and past employees, he traced Monsanto’s rise and eventual domination of an agricultural empire. While it’s easy to imagine a cadre of evil corporate villains at the helm, plotting the demise of the world, Elmore found something more subtle. His research revealed a cautionary tale of what happens when a series of seemingly small decisions have a cascading effect on an entire global system. Bartow J. Elmore teaches environmental and business history at The Ohio State University. For this project he received the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award and a New America fellowship. He lives with his family in Columbus, Ohio. Buy the Book: Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future (Hardcover) from Third Place Books  Presented by Town Hall Seattle as part of the Town Green series. 

Whether we can see it or not, the impacts of Monsanto— the agrochemical giant best known for creating the herbicide Roundup and the genetically engineered seeds that resist it— are everywhere. Monsanto has shaped and reshaped the farms that provide food to people worldwide; and while we might not be able to see the breadth of the company’s impacts, we’re most certainly eating them. <a href="https://townhallseattle.org/event/bartow-j-elmore/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In Seed Money, Bartow J. Elmore</a> investigated how the future of food remains tethered to Monsanto, despite a toxic and troubling past that extends far beyond Roundup. Through extensive fieldwork, previously-unseen records, and countless interviews with farmers, lawyers, chemists, and past employees, he traced Monsanto’s rise and eventual domination of an agricultural empire. While it’s easy to imagine a cadre of evil corporate villains at the helm, plotting the demise of the world, Elmore found something more subtle. His research revealed a cautionary tale of what happens when a series of seemingly small decisions have a cascading effect on an entire global system. Bartow J. Elmore teaches environmental and business history at The Ohio State University. For this project he received the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award and a New America fellowship. He lives with his family in Columbus, Ohio. Buy the Book: <a href="https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/book/9781324002048" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future (Hardcover)</a> from Third Place Books  Presented by Town Hall Seattle as part of the Town Green series.

159. Bartow J. Elmore—Seed Money: Monsanto’s Past and Our Food Future

Award-winning professor and writer Bart Elmore chats with Trey Elling about SEED MONEY: MONSANTO'S PAST AND OUR FOOD FUTURE. Questions include:  What does Coca Cola have to do with Monsanto's earliest days? When did Monsanto get into agricultural chemicals and pesticides? Was Monsanto actively covering up the potential harms of the chemicals the produced 50+ years ago? What is the Technology Use Agreement (TUA) Monsanto requires farmers to sign who use their genetically engineered seeds? How big a problem was the radioactive phosphate slag that the EPA discovered at Monsanto's Soda Springs, ID facility in the 1970s? How did Monsanto react to farmers reporting of Roundup-resistant weeds in the early 2000s? How influential is Monsanto within local, state, and federal governments? Why did Bayer buy Monsanto in 2018, considering all of the legal problems piling up for the latter? Have GE crops improved food production, like MOnsanto has promised since the 1990s?

Award-winning professor and writer Bart Elmore chats with Trey Elling about <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/seed-money-monsanto-s-past-and-our-food-future/9781324002048" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SEED MONEY: MONSANTO'S PAST AND OUR FOOD FUTURE</a>. Questions include: <ul> <li>What does Coca Cola have to do with Monsanto's earliest days?</li> <li>When did Monsanto get into agricultural chemicals and pesticides?</li> <li>Was Monsanto actively covering up the potential harms of the chemicals the produced 50+ years ago?</li> <li>What is the Technology Use Agreement (TUA) Monsanto requires farmers to sign who use their genetically engineered seeds?</li> <li>How big a problem was the radioactive phosphate slag that the EPA discovered at Monsanto's Soda Springs, ID facility in the 1970s?</li> <li>How did Monsanto react to farmers reporting of Roundup-resistant weeds in the early 2000s?</li> <li>How influential is Monsanto within local, state, and federal governments?</li> <li>Why did Bayer buy Monsanto in 2018, considering all of the legal problems piling up for the latter?</li> <li>Have GE crops improved food production, like MOnsanto has promised since the 1990s?</li></ul>