num_pages: 352
description: The result of a remarkable three-year investigation that took award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin across four continents (North and South America Europe and Asia). The World According to Monsanto tells the little-known yet shocking story of this agribusiness giant--the world's leading producer of GMOs (genetically modified organisms)--and how its new green face is no less troubling than its PCB (and Agent Orange) -soaked past.Robin reports that following its long history of manufacturing hazardous chemicals and lethal herbicides Monsanto is now marketing itself as a life sciences company seemingly convinced about the virtues of sustainable development. However Monsanto now controls the majority of the yield of the world's genetically modified corn and soy ingredients found in more than 95 percent of American households and its alarming legal and political tactics to maintain this monopoly are the subject of worldwide concern.Released to great acclaim and controversy in France throughout Europe and in Latin America The World According to Monsanto is sure to change the way we think about food safety and the corporate control of our food supply.
language: English
title: The World According to Monsanto: Pollution, Corruption, and the Control of the World's Food Supply
publisher: The New Press