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Big News!

My Kindle book, “We’re Monsanto: Feeding the World, Lie after Lie” is now live on Amazon. The print version will go live on Amazon in 5 to 7 days, and is available now at my eStore.

Did you know that Monsanto and the biotech industry have enormous control over the U.S. government and our food supply? Millions of people around the world are now rising up and saying “No” to the world’s biggest bully. “We’re Monsanto” may play a crucial role in kicking Monsanto’s genetically modified butt out of Washington D.C. and out of farmers’ fields.

My teen-aged son, David, and I will run across America in 2014 to promote seed freedom, GMO labeling, and a healthy food supply. But we need your help!

If you oppose Monsanto and gangs’ products, poisons, and lies, then order a copy of “We’re Monsanto” today. If you like it, write a review on Amazon. Your review will inspire others to buy “We’re Monsanto.” Every book purchased will spread the word about the dangerous practices of the chemical/biotech industry. Every purchase will also fund David and me on our epic mission and our transcontinental run.

The print edition is priced at $17.95. I am offering a one-week-only $10 discount if you commit to provide a review on Amazon. Buy “We’re Monsanto” now at the reviewers’ price at https://www.createspace.com/4426100.

Use this discount code to get your $10 discount: JP7ETWRV.

Buy the Kindle version at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00FDWQ4GO/wilcwork-20 for $9.99.

You can review the Kindle edition immediately and the print edition when it goes live next week.

Whether you buy the Kindle or the print edition, my family and I deeply appreciate your support!

Buy, read, enjoy, review!!!

Organic blessings to you,
Brett Wilcox

P.S. Thanks to the many people who contributed photos and expertise to “We’re Monsanto”!
P.P.S. For more information about our run, check out http://www.RunningTheCountry.com.

**Note: The Kindle version includes full color photos and illustrations. The print version is in black and white.

Long past midnight, hanging out with Dad, I’m taking a few moments to reflect upon the summer. Kris, kids, and I were living on auto-pilot in July, when we got news that Dad was sick—life and death sick.

We flew to Utah to spend what we believed might be our final moments with Dad. Gratefully, he’s hanging on. It’s now mid-September. Dad’s still kicking, even if it’s not like he used to. Last fall, Dad dug 700 pounds of his own potatoes. Yesterday, hooked up to his portable oxygen tank, he dug three plants before falling on his butt.

Kids don’t want to see their parents slow down and move on. We certainly wouldn’t wish on anyone the suffering that Dad is experiencing. But Dad’s illness has drawn our family closer together—both physically and closer as a family. We now share the blessing of being with Mom and Dad virtually 24/7, seven days a week.

Being in Utah has added a new dimension to our training for our transcon run. David trained hard with Rob’s high school cross-country team before returning to Sitka. I enjoyed running some trails with Rob’s team, but lately, to save time, I’ve taken to pounding the pavement and the mosquitos near Rob and Stacy’s house. After running Sitka’s forest trails for the past decade, running on Utah’s straight roads, mile after mile, ain’t much fun by comparison. But my lungs are strong and I’m not falling on my butt, for which I am most grateful.

Yesterday afternoon, I grabbed hold of Rob’s bike and a few spare hours, and I pedaled out to Buffalo Point on Antelope Island. I loved pedaling to the Island with my brothers and friends as a kid, I loved pedaling there (or almost there) last week with Erika and Russell, and I love it still today. Like life, the Island is buggy, stinky, pristine, amazing, and wild.

All in all, life is short. But that’s all right. Today is the day I’m living. It’s all I’ve got. It’s all any of us have. Paraphrasing Ekhart Tolle: everything that has ever happened, happened in the Now. I’m grateful for today, grateful to be with Mom and Dad now, grateful for warm air in the day and cool air at night. Grateful for sunrises and sunsets, beginnings and ends. Grateful for endless fresh dug potatoes, corn, peaches, and endless tomatoes. Grateful to so many people who enrich my life.

Grateful for Kris and our kids.

It’s 2 am. Dad’s asleep again . . . for now. Not a bad idea. Good-night, all.

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We’re Monsanto: Feeding the World, Lie After Lie

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