You may be asking yourself what are all these food movements really all about? Is it just a trend to eat organic, eat local, blah blah blah OR is there some truth to all of this? Why should we take a closer look at what’s on our dinner plates and in our mouths?Well there are two sides to every argument: You could argue that it really doesn’t matter what chemicals spray our food, or what hormones are pumped into our milk; we will all die someday. Sure we all will. That is human life and nature will take its course at any given time on any given day for anyone of us. And it’s a scary reality. But what reality remains even scarier to me and other food activists alike is the simple fact that humanity may not exist if we don’t change the fundamental food system in America. Humanity. You can choose your right to live or die but can We as a people, choose our humanity's fate?
If you spray the air, the grass, the trees, the vegetables with pesticides, you are changing the Earth’s natural ecosystem. What will the birds eat if the worm and bugs are killed or poisonous now to them? If your plants are resistant (GMOs) to the bugs that naturally eat them why would they be good for you? Humanity has survived for hundreds of thousands of years off of traditional agricultural farming. Chemical gardening however has only been around since the 1950s. With the rise of companies like Monsanto (the chemical giant), American agriculture has changed for the worst. And it’s apparent in our waist lines and in our wallets and truly the health of our nation.
Monsanto claims they are a biotech company that produces crop protection chemicals. However, conveniently they also are connected to Pharmacia (A pharmaceuticals company now owned by Pfizer, Inc.), and Solutia (A chemical products business - think rubber, tires, PVB’s). This changed after 1997 when they sold their main stake shares in the companies and now continue to carry supply agreements amongst each other. They also bought an oil company (Lion Oil Co.), which began producing ammonia for a nitrate fertilizer for crops. Then they created herbicides for every controlling vegetable crop in America, including your favorite Round Up. At the same time they started building chemical protein supplements for animal feeds. Including the infamous hormone in our milk, rBST.
P.S. This produced only 10% more milk in our cows. Is that really worth watching the youth of our country double in size and grow hair on their nipples when they’re 6 years old?
As if Monsanto taking over controlling shares in America’s food, drugs, products, animals, fertilizers, and gas tanks, wasn’t enough; they then created genetically modified plants and now supply over 90% of the US seeds for industrial agriculture. So let’s just put it simply, this one company essentially controls every aspect of American life, with chemicals. Hmm…. Something sounds fishy here. I call it food for thought. Or better yet, food to control the masses. Think before you eat. Every supermarket name brand you know and love is owned by Monsanto. They also have the main controlling shares of the nation’s alfalfa, soybeans, canola, corn, and cotton. Oh only those crops. Only the crops that feed our livestock, feed us, and feed our soil. It’s time we faced the facts America. There are chemicals in everything you touch. Are you willing to live with that? Or better yet, are you willing to die for that?
They stand by the health of their products so much that they have spent millions of dollars to stop it from being labeled in your food. They claim it's not their job to decide if the food they create is safe, it's the FDA's. Conveniently the US Government is littered with Monsanto connections to FDA and USDA. Monsanto also employs approximately 20,000 people creating ways to help farmers. Can't we just help the farmers by actually "farming?" Or are we too good for that?
If we keep treating the Earth like a toxic time bomb, there's no question that it will bite back. Protect yourself by growing your own food, buying from local farmers who practice traditional agriculture, and by taking a look at this chemical corporate giant and rethinking your food choices.
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