GoKawiilVanity Fair 2008 report details Monsanto's aggressive patent-enforcement tactics against farmers
A 2008 Vanity Fair investigation recounts how Monsanto sent investigators to confront people over alleged unauthorized planting of its patented genetically modified soybeans, even targeting a small-town store owner in Eagleville, Missouri, who had no connection to farming or seed sales. The piece portrays a pattern of intimidation, threats and lawsuits used by the company to police its seed patents across rural America.