Seed Money

[M]agisterial…Throughout Seed Money, we learn about the owners and leaders of Monsanto who were oblivious and dismissive of the cost to their own workers…[and] the business strategies and tactics that would transform farming and farm communities from the heartland of America to the cerrado of Brazil [and] to Vietnam….This is an amazing work of environmental history.–Ryan Scarrow “Nature”Elmore’s substantial research and outstanding attention to detail makes this investigation of the Monsanto chemical and agribusiness corporation riveting from start to finish….Combining elements of the film Erin Brockovich, Robert Bilott’s Exposure, and Patrick Radden O’Keefe’s exposé of the Sackler family, Empire of Pain, Seed Money is a galvanizing achievement that will leave readers deeply impressed, impassioned, and infuriated.– “Booklist (starred review)”Seed Money illustrates the danger of placing profit over people and how not protecting our environment from dangerous chemicals threatens the health and welfare of all of us.–Catherine Colman Flowers, founder, Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental JusticeI expect this will become the book on Monsanto.–Edmund Russell, President, American Society for Environmental History

Bartow J. Elmore teaches environmental and business history at The Ohio State University. For Seed Money, he received the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award and a New America fellowship. He lives with his family in Columbus, Ohio.