![]() ![]() While researching my first book about the environmental history of Coca-Cola, I received permission from Monsanto to review the chemical company’s corporate records housed at Washington University in St. ![]() Could you tell us why you chose to write this history? Your Fellowship project, Seed Money, tells the history of Monsanto, from making the insecticide DDT to now manipulating DNA. Preorder Seed Money, out on Octofrom W.W. Sign up for The Fifth Draft to hear how the world's best storytellers find ideas that change the world. In this Q&A from The Fifth Draft - the National Fellows Program newsletter - 2017 New America National Fellow Bart Elmore discusses his forthcoming book, Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future, detailing how Monsanto came to have such an enormous impact on our food system. But as Monsanto has risen, it’s also faced a rising anti-GMO movement and new lawsuits alleging their herbicides have done harm to human health. ![]() ![]() As the largest producer of genetically engineered seeds in the world, Monsanto has transformed the way we do agriculture. Louis-based chemical company Monsanto, creating a global chemical and agribusiness behemoth. In 2018, the German pharmaceutical giant Bayer merged with St. ![]()
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