Avoiding Glyphosate and Synthetic Additives

What I do

Organic where it matters, with particular attention to the crops most likely to be sprayed as a pre-harvest desiccant rather than only during growing — oats and wheat especially. That distinction is why this is not simply "buy organic": the exposure is concentrated in specific crops and specific practices, not spread evenly across the produce aisle.

Being careful about the evidence

The glyphosate literature is genuinely contested and I am not going to represent it as settled in either direction. People do, in both directions, and both are overreaching.

What I will say is that the cost of choosing the other option is close to zero for me. That is a different justification than evidence of harm, and worth keeping distinct — I am not avoiding it because I think the case is closed, I am avoiding it because avoiding it is cheap and the case is open.

Why "where practical" is in the protocol

Because the alternative is a rule that breaks the first time I eat at someone's house, and a rule that breaks is worse than a default that bends. This is what I buy when I am the one buying. It is not something I audit other people's kitchens for.