Avoid the big guys

In the past few days the New York Times has published articles on

1. Monsanto pushing a very toxic pesticide known as 2-4D;
2. the mistreatment of chickens by Kreider farms, a giant company that sells millions of eggs, some of which contain salmonella; and
3. the efforts of Anheuser-Busch, brewer of Hurricane High Gravity Lager, to continue to sell that product to the Indians on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, even though much of the crime and fetal alcohol syndrome common on the Reservation results from such sales.  

If you buy from local organic farms, you will be avoiding Monsanto.  If you buy eggs from local farms, you will be getting free-range eggs.  If you buy beer like Yuengling or Sierra Nevada or boutique brewery beers like the ones sold at The Beer Zone in Palmerton, you will avoid Anheuser-Busch.

Yes, you will pay more.  On the other hand, you will not be spending your money on anti-social corporations that harm both people and the environment.  The extra money you pay is worth it.