A Designer Seed Company Is Building a Farming Panopticon

Published: Dec. 14, 2018, 7:13 a.m.

b'When Geoffrey von Maltzahn was first pitching farmers to try out his startup\\u2019s special seeds, he sometimes told them, half-acknowledging his own hyperbole, that \\u201cif we\\u2019re right, you shouldn\\u2019t just see results in the field, you should be able to see them from outer space.\\u201d As the co-founder of a company called Indigo Ag, von Maltzahn was hawking a probiotic that he hoped would increase their crop yields dramatically.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'