Peter Smith 
This ad appeared in LIFE magazine on April 14, 1958—and documents Monsanto's long-standing mission to assert itself over nature.
The only other thing I'll add comes via Brendan I. Koerner, where I found this image. He tweets, "Hubris, they name was Monsanto."
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TED's Taboo: What's Too Controversial for the Hipster Confab?
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Billr: The App for Dining on a Budget (Without Annoying Your Friends)
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What Country Has the Best Higher Education System?
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In a Majority-Minority Nation, Numbers Aren't Everything
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Juilliard Brings Online Music Education to the Masses
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Sleep Better: 4 Ways to Manipulate Your Melatonin Levels #30DaysofGOOD
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A Place in the Sun: 5 DIY Projects for Summer Lounging
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Do the benefits of cheap food outweigh its costs?
It's not just colony collapse disorder. Researchers say there's fewer North American bumblebees, too.
It's clear. It's forgettable. It wasn't always that way. Consider ice.
When celebrity chef Grant Achatz of Chicago's Alinea wants to design a new dish, he starts with a paper and pencil.
Watch. And laugh. And then enjoy the weekend!
Why is this Yemeni protester wearing bread on his head?
Vintage photos from a food and agriculture trade show capture today's innovations—vertical farming and fruit-vending machines—yesterday.
For a Friday treat, feast your eyes on these posters of famous drinks from the movies, from 007's martini to Rocky Balboa's raw eggs.
GOOD reader Adam Saynuk sent us these stunning micro-photographs of different taco ingredients.
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How a conspicuous black growth revealed the hidden world of extreme urban fungi.
In London, Thames Water's chief flusher, Rob Smith, leads a guided tour of the city's bowels.
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay goes on the hunt for illegal shark fin traders in Costa Rica.
In time for the Super Bowl, the Houston Press produces a map showing which beer each state is most associated with.
Why does food lend itself so wonderfully well to surreal art?
A look at the fibers, forests, and spores of our microbial diet, and its relationship to bio-couture, Latin paintbrushes, and gut flora.
Where in the world are genetically modified crops grown?
