Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future

Bartow Elmore

  • April 20, 2022 (Wednesday)
  • Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future
  • Location:  Brown Family Environmental Center
  • Time:  5:00 p.m.
  • Contact:  Noelle Jordan - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Winner of the 2020 Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, SEED MONEY: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future is the definitive history of Monsanto.  OSU historian, Bartow J. Elmore, traces Monsanto’s evolution from a chemical startup to a global agrobusiness powerhouse. Elmore examines the company’s past and exposes a huge concern about genetically engineered crop systems: whether they will actually produce the food we need to feed our families in the decades to come.  Meet at the BFEC Picnic Shelter.

     

  • 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. Author website: http://www.bartelmore.com/

 

Meeting Locations

Directions are from Mount Vernon

BLADENSBURG OLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: Take OH 586 (Martinsburg Road) south out of Mount Vernon. After 10.6 miles, turn right onto North Market Street, then after 0.1 mile turn left onto OH 541. Drive for 3.9 miles to 25821 New Guilford Road (on the left).

BROWN FAMILY ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER: Take SR 229 east to Laymon Road. [SR 308 turns left at this intersection.] Turn right and go southward 0.5 miles to parking lot on the right.

HONEY RUN HIGHLANDS:  Take SR 36 east out of Mount Vernon about 11 miles to Millwood.  Turn right onto Bridge Street.  Turn left to stay on Bridge Street.  Turn right onto SR 62/Millersburg Road and drive about a mile.  10816 Millersburg Road, Howard, 43028.

HONEY RUN WATERFALL:  Take SR 36 east out of Mount Vernon about 11 miles to Millwood.  Turn right onto Bridge Street.  Turn left to stay on Bridge Street.  The road name changes to Hazel Dell Road.  Stay on Hazel Dell Road just over a mile.  Park at the Honey Run Highlands parking lot.  10865 Hazel Dell Road, Howard, 43028.

LAYMON ROAD CANOE ACCESS: Take SR 229 east to Laymon Road. [SR 308 turns left at this intersection.] Turn right.  The canoe access is on the right.

THAYER RIDGE PARK: Take SR 36 west out of Mount Vernon about four miles.  Turn left onto Thayer Road.  The park is one mile on the right. 7077 Thayer Road, Mount Vernon, 43050.

WOLF RUN REGIONAL PARK: Take SR 36 east to the traffic light at Upper Gilchrist Road.  Turn right onto Upper Gilchrist Road and drive to the first intersection.  Turn left onto Yauger Road.  The parking lot on the left.  17621 Yauger Road, Mount Vernon, 43050.