There are times that I’m embarrassed to be an American. Times when it is driven home to me just how far removed from it’s constituents our government has become. Times when I really feel strongly that countries with stricter agricultural guidelines than ours are not only smarter, they’re fundamentally safer.

 Today is one of those times:

PA to ban hormone free milk labeling

This is total bullshit and quite obviously a very deft and sneaky move by Monsanto to keep consumers in the dark about what they’re eating. To keep the average American from understanding just what is being one to their foodsupply by big business and big agriculture. Wonder how much this cost Monsanto? Probably a hell of a lot more than a gallon of local, organic, artificial-hormone free milk.

I work in marketing and communications. To differentiate your product is by definition to imply that others are not as good. And if this is really illegal, or a confusion to consumers, we have a much bigger problem in this country than how milk is labeled.