Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future Free Audiobook Download by Bartow J. Elmore

The book offers a comprehensive and connected narrative of the role that chemistry has played in human history, and how it continues to play out today. It outlines the events leading up to the summer of 2017, when Monsanto became subject to intense public and governmental scrutiny.

In “Seed Money: Monsanto’s Past and Our Food Future,” Bartow J. Elmore offers a compelling history of how America came to love and embrace industrial agriculture that is becoming the norm for food production. He argues that this change has not been for the best, but rather for the crassest of motivations, where profit drives decisions and "new chemical inputs" are marketed as the source of great life-changing benefits. As Elmore clearly demonstrates, in reality these chemicals are often harmful or toxic and that is what has led him to believe that we need to return to organic farming and seed saving.

Monsanto is the most villainous of all corporations, a name synonymous with evil, yet they've been around for more than a century. Monsanto was originally founded as a company that sold agricultural chemicals and fertilizer which evolved into one of the world's largest suppliers of seeds and pesticides. In fact, Monsanto developed Agent Orange for the US military during World War II which is responsible for the deaths of an estimated 500,000 people. In addition to its involvement in Agent Orange, Monsanto has also been involved in genetically modified organisms (GMOs), creating some of the most controversial food products on the market today.

This is a very interesting audiobook that will really educate you on the history of Monsanto and their involvement with food production in America. This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to know more about the big corporations that are shaping our country, from education to food production, this book touches on all aspects of industry.

In his book "Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future," Bartow J. Elmore retraces the history of Monsanto, beginning with John F. Queeny's 1896 patent for a saccharine process and ending recently with the FDA decision to re-label rBGH as cancerous after it had been shown to increase the risk of certain types of breast cancer in female cows as well as Bovine Leukemia Virus infection in humans and pigs.

The book, Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future by Bartow J. Elmore is an alarming and insightful look at the current state of our food supply. The author gives an in-depth account on how multinational corporations like Monsanto, who were previously only responsible for making chemicals that helped improve farming, are now also responsible for seed production and distribution, which has led to the depletion of many wild plants and animals from their natural habitats. Investigating how these corporations have infiltrated our society, depending on farmed animal agriculture as a major source of protein, the book discusses some possible solutions that can be implemented to reduce the negative effects of large-scale agriculture.