Oh, sure. I’m getting pretty savvy about avoiding genetically modified food. But, as April Dávila discovered, Monsanto touches a LOT more of your life than the produce on your plate. How about the plate itself?

In her blog, “A Month Without Monsanto” April discovers a day at a time all the ways Monsanto profits from us. I’m still only about two weeks into her posts, and already I’m disgusted, amused, curious and angry. She eats much closer to a vegetarian diet than I would choose for myself, but lists her food choices, clothing, personal items, and has a dandy resource list for those interested in her research. Why don’t you skip over there and see how she’s doing?

By the way, about my headline. I’d dearly LOVE to go a month (or a year, or a lifetime) without adding one cent to the bottom line of the company in question. But the more I read April’s research, the more I study my own foodshed, the more I doubt my ability to actually pull it off. Honestly.

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