I feel this in my bones.

Yes. The effect of one person’s passive boycott is nothing. If you’re serious enough to sabotage your own relationships over this, then perhaps focus instead on a greater boycott campaign, or actively pushing for legislation to actually make a difference.

Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.

Push that to a further extreme, and it’d make for a great SCP. Just imagine your bar for what qualifies as food slowly lowering as you continue to avoid eating it. You catch yourself in the mirror eating a half decomposed rat like it were a protein bar.

Ooooohhhhhhh, THAT’S what they meant… whelp, time to get the bolt cutters!