Monsanto - Killing the Competition and the Client

Monsanto is a really terrible organization. Tyson's a close second. I'll give a quick summary to how Monsanto operates:

Monsanto's a chemical company that genetically-modified their corn and soy plants to not be killed when roundup (a toxic weed killer created by Monsanto to kill all products that aren't theirs) is sprayed on them. They patented the seeds for those plants. Then, they sprayed all sorts of roundup over the entire USA. If a farmer was able to sell crops that season, they would be sued for copyright infringement and Monsanto would demand millions from the farmers, or force the farmers (if they couldn't pay the lawyer fees, etc) into a contract where they work solely for Monsanto, giving the corporate giant all the profit from that farmer's sales.

Going off that, I obviously disagree that this is a good thing:

That's not really "creating" 24 million jobs, if you ask me:

Furthermore, Monsanto was found guilty of chemical poisoning today.

And more, many officials at the three main regulatory bodies (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency and Food & Drug Administration) are former employees of Monsanto and its subsidiaries, making legislation easily passed. Ohhh how politics and law can be disgusting.

So, as with all my blog posts, what suggestions can I offer to that you eat healthier and support a more-sustainable world?

• CSA (Community-Supported Agriculture) signup starts soon.
• For DC ones, click here. Local to DC will probably have less of an impact by Monsanto than national/midwest crops.
• Get all sorts of fruits/veggies and discover new recipes!
• Farmers Markets
• Read this list of clean vs. pesticized fruit.
• Watch this documentary and this one.