By Ann Kreilkamp | August 7, 2013

Just in case you’re not up to snuff on Monsanto, a company founded in 1901 that is, unfortunately, from an astrological point of view, unusually stable and resilient, i.e., able to adjust to whatever comes along (and turn it into poison of one kind or another), here are a few sources of info for you. I can think of no better way to make the case for conversion to local food production and distribution, individual and community gardening, organics and permaculture than to recognize how the Mon Satan alternative is, literally, breathing down our necks and ramming down our throats.

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• Vandana Shiva: The Seeds Of Suicide: How Monsanto Destroys Farming

• Jill Richardson: How Monsanto Went From Selling Aspirin to Controlling Our Food Supply: Monsanto controls our food, poisons our land, and influences all three branches of government.