Critics of Monsanto – and they are legion – demonize the company for seizing control of food production technology and undermining the tradition of seed-saving in agriculture.
Monsanto’s agents – called
On Tuesday, Vernon Hugh Bowman will be a long way from the small Indiana farm where he was born 75 years ago and still farms 300 acres. He will be in the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the reach of Monsanto Co.'s patent to protect its Roundup Ready seeds.