5/4/2010 part two...

If you have been reading this blog for even a few weeks, you already know that about 90% of the soy raised in this country is "Roundup Ready" as is around 70% of all corn.  If you are not familiar with this, 90 and 70 percent, respectively of our soy and corn crops are grown from genetically modified seeds that are resistant to Roundup.  The same company that patented Roundup is the one holding the patents to the seeds that are genetically resistant to Roundup, draw your own conclusions.

So, what we have now are crops that can be planted and then sprayed with a toxic herbicide which will kill all of the weeds but the planted crop will survive.  Gee, wasn't there a problem with agent orange (a defoliant e.g. weed killer) being sprayed on humans?  We have been growing this shit for years now, do you think that we may have absorbed some of this shit?   All of a sudden, up sprang weeds that were unaffected by Roundup.  Well no fucking shit!  Haven't we seen this for decades with human antibiotics?  One good thing that seems to be coming out of this is that now that there are roundup resistant weeds, farmers are less likely to buy Roundup ready seeds.

Big business is driving our food production and they have no interest in our health, only profits. Do you think you are unable to effect change?  You are!  Vote with your wallet.  Buy as much food as you can from local farmers and ranchers.  Buy organic as often as you can (look at my past posts for list of the most important foods to buy organic)

I started this experiment thinking it would only last a month or so.  Now, two and a half months on, I have lost 26 pounds and read several thousand pages of health information.  The more I read the harder time I have injecting humor into my posts.  We are being fucked without so much as a kiss!  Several big corporations control most of our food market, they are geared toward profits, they could give a shit about you and your kids.

Fuck me!  I never thought that I would become a social advocate.  I'm an independent conservative!

Please do the following for your family:

• Filter your water and drink half your body weight in pounds, in ounces every day.
• Cut all High Fructose Corn Syrup out of your (and more importantly, your kid's) diet.
• Buy as much organic food as you can afford (keep in the back of your mind the later health costs, due to obesity, diabetes etc...)
• Search out and go to local farmers or farmers markets.  Ask questions, look at their animals.

"Eat Real Food"

You know... there is a comments box below this post.  Ask a question, I'll research it and report back.

Thanks for reading,

Bald Bill