Milk Madness

I heard in the news the other day that the government of Pennsylvania decided to ban hormone- and antibiotic-free labels on dairy products. The article Don't Cry Over Labeled Milk explains that agriculture officials banned this label because, according to them, it creates the false impression in the minds of the public that there is "good" and "bad" milk in terms of health and safety. I take exception to this ruling.
Injecting cows with antibiotics when they are not sick, and hormones is unnecessary and indeed kind of scary to think about. Anyone who has taken antibiotics could see from the warning labels that if a nursing mother takes antibiotics, they will be secreted in her milk. The same is true of cows. Quite frankly, I don't relish the idea of drinking milk that has antibiotics in it.
I also do not trust growth hormones. Canada and the EU have not approved them for use because of concerns about animal and public health.

I wonder how much of a hand Monsanto, the corporation that makes bovine growth hormones, had in this ruling? There are plenty of goods that are marketed to make one product seem better in some way than the same product produced by other companies. You don't see the government limiting how bottled water producers use the words "clean" and "fresh." Although, I believe that there are rules surrounding whether bottled water they can be described as "spring" or "drinking" or "mineral." But, you don't see the government saying "Labeling one bottle as spring instead of drinking makes it seem that one is good and one is bad." and then outlawing the use of that form of descriptive labeling.
This whole thing seems corrupt to me, like the agriculture officials were doing a favor for Monsanto at the public's expense.

Well, enough ranting for now.
I head an awesome quote from Thomas Merton, a Kentuckian Monk from the early part of the 20th century. He said, "In the end, it is the power of personal relationships that saves everything." There is so much wisdom in that. He was addressing social activists and peacemakers, cautioning against becoming too success oriented and losing sight of the value and truth behind their work. Sounds alot like an appeal for Christian "do not resist evil" and Buddhist "desireless action."
I have thought a great deal about the word resist in that quote from the Bible. I believe it has a different meaning than the way we use "resist" now. The way it was used in that quote would imply the application of anger and/or violence to confront evil. I do not believe it refers to non-cooperation or firm, non-violent, and good-natured confrontation of evil.