The way you beat the greedy pigs that run Washington is not by a gross message but by small little battles to bring local awareness to the community. I have started emailing those who are nearest and dearest to my heart by simply showing them simple things....
One of these examples is with exposing them to not only the cost effectiveness of buying local meats (to stimulate local economies) but also bringing a level of awareness that safe food should be in everyone's interest....
The government has been bought and paid for to protect the money interests of the corporations versus the interests of our children's safety.
Here is what we are up against.....
And, it just gets worse. The FDA, the organization that's supposed to protect us from eating things that will cause our babies to be born with three heads, doesn't even require labeling products treated with ammonia. Nor will they require labels when they allow salmon to be injected with human growth hormones. Add to that, Obama quietly appointing a former Monsanto CEO to head its Food Safety division, and you can see we're being attacked from all sides. (Although, the hormones-in-salmon thing looks like it could be good, as one salmon reportedly hit 61 home runs.)
Here's a link to the whole article
So to counter the guys who have interests other than food safety you can declare war on your local "Big Box" stores who feel that selling crap to our families is okay!!
Start by doing this:
Find a local retailer who tries to do the right thing and compete with the market. My example would be Kellers Farm Stores Here in Albuquerque. Not only can you buy safe meat at great prices, you help the local small business owner.
Find 20 people on your email list and expose them to ethical business and let the free market (as the right like to bolster) do the rest.
We can beat them at their own game, one small battle at a time...
I should also add that local talk radio (right wing) was talking about pink slime and the callers seemed infuriated that the stuff is allowed in our food chain. I think it's an issue that has the same connotation across all party lines....
Be safe