“Trying to put a stamp of ownership on everything is a modus operandi of control, which is one of the most brutal aspects of human nature.

Trying to control what people eat means reducing everything to purchasing what companies sell. It is an invasion of basic human rights and freedom.

If we as a people shared the struggle to liberate our motherland from colonial rule, if we engage in spiritual struggle to liberate our Aatmaa [“the self”] from material bondage, why can’t we participate in the struggle to liberate our food supply and culture from the tentacles of greedy multinational corporations?”

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