Lords of the Harvest
From kwharrison13.com · Anti-library
Lords of the Harvest
| Full title | Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food |
|---|---|
| Author | Daniel Charles |
| Published | 2001 |
| Pages | 348 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Charles’ history of agricultural biotechnology — Monsanto’s bet on transgenic crops, the scientists who made it work, and the European backlash that met it. The industry answer for ag-biotech, written before the outcome was settled. |
Where I heard about it
- A reply to @WillManidis — in the thread under his question “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” (June 2025). The full set of replies is on what is the single best book… (tweet).
Connections
- Agriculture — the industry the technology was aimed at.
- Biotech — transgenic crops as the first mass-market application.
- Toxic Legacy — the case against glyphosate, named in the same thread; the two books are the two sides of this argument.
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.