Dan McCurry | The Sun Magazine

Dan McCurry

Dan McCurry lives in Chicago. He has written extensively on food and agricultural issues and recently edited a collection of 46 books for Arno Press, entitled The Rise of Agribusiness: Seeds of Struggle.

— From July 1978
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

Tarnished Gold

Our Seed Stock Is In Jeopardy, But Do The Seed Companies Care?

Corn is the most valuable United States crop. When a few companies, or a few varieties, dominate its seed market, conditions are ripe for economic and ecological disaster.

July 1978
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