I don’t know why I was shocked. Both Blackwater (now re-branded “Xe Services”) and Monsanto are corporations that have, as my grandmother used to say, “grown too big for their britches.” And that’s putting it mildly. Why should I be surprised that Monsanto hired Blackwater’s intelligence agency arm, Total Intelligence Solutions, to infiltrate anti-GMO activist groups and monitor the blogs of those organizing against the company?
On The Road to Being GMO-Free
Avoiding GMOs has been more challenging than I originally thought it would be.
First, I discovered that my favorite chocolate (Ghiardelli’s) uses soy lecithin from genetically modified soybeans. Finding a chocolate without soy lecithin these days is ridiculously hard. Even Rapunzel, the brand that uses rapadura (unrefined evaporated cane sugar) as a sweetener, sometimes uses soy lecithin. But at least theirs is certified organic, meaning that it’s GMO-free.
Then, I read this post by Rose highlighting 7 unexpected GMO products most of us (me included) still use.