By Laura Garber, Hamilton
Homicide. Infanticide. Pesticide. Herbicide. Genocide. Yes, these words do all belong together. These words detail the current atrocity of chemical agriculture. When fossil-fuel derived fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides are applied to food crops, these are crimes against humanity.
It is considered homicide if the act is planned in advance. It is infanticide if babies are knowingly left to perish. It is genocide if an entire peoples, entire communities, or entire population is targeted. If it is just a little something to make the crop easier to harvest, the vegetation easier to manage, or the yields easier to control, it still spells death.
Whether it be an herbicide-treated mono crop of corn in the Midwest, a fertilized plantation of almonds in California, or a weed-free playground at the church next door- all of this is killing. All of this is killing us. All these are the site of an act of aggression against our very humanity, and the very living breathing Earth we depend on for all life.
Please, if you care for a lawn, a crop, an orchard, or any piece of the land, do not use chemicals. We must stop using herbicides like Roundup IMMEDIATELY.
If a dictator was murdering his countrymen, America would stand up and end the slaughter.
The dictator today is Industrial Agriculture and the weapons of mass destruction are Agrochemicals. We as Americans must stand up to this dictator. We must stop the spraying of poisons on our food, fields, parks, and lawns.
Please, stop the genocide against all life on Earth.
There are a myriad of safe, natural, abundant ways to manage lands, so please educate yourself, and choose life.