People routinely question my libertarian leanings regarding government oversight and regulatory protection. The current Bayer vs. cancer sufferers is Exhibit A in why the government is not the repository of safety.
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Pete Kennedy, attorney, says that the Amos Miller trial Monday went very well for the Amish man prosecuted by Pennsylvania food police. They allege he's selling illegal meat to people; he says his voluntary neighbor friends are not buying anything, according to the legal definition of "in commerce."
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Sometimes things come along that need no introduction or conclusion because they stand alone. This is one of those times….
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The media is aflutter over President Biden's executive order giving farmers more freedom to sue their agriculture oligarch captors, otherwise known by names like Tyson, Perdue, Cargill, Archer Daniel's Midland, JBS Holdings and Iowa Beef Packers and others…
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When management intensive grazing was popularized through the Stockman Grass Farmer 40 years ago, the theme was disturbance and rest. Allan Savory through Holistic Management began taking pictures of remarkable recoveries when animals at high density for a short period of time (one day) heavily impacted a spot with hooves and manure.
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When Dr. Sina McCullough (my co-author on BEYOND LABELS) and I conspired to bring together a group of unorthodox medical professionals for a gathering here at the farm two weekends ago, I had no idea the breadth, depth, and caliber of information we'd get. It sold out and many folks wanted to know if we would capture it on video.
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What's the right size for a food and beverage company? As anyone watching the news knows by now, Sunday a ransomware attack on the world's largest meat and poultry processor, JBS, closed 6 processing plants in the U.S.
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Last Saturday we had our first of 7 POLYFACE GATHERINGS hosting HOLISTIC HILDA. By all counts, it was a smashing success. One of the speakers, Dr. Devin Vrana, who is both a chiropractor and an acupuncturist, had a wonderful 7-point recipe for thriving in unsettled times. I took notes.
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I do several guest podcasts each week and most interviews are fairly standard. The questions and of course my answers are almost routine. But usually each one has at least one oddball question that catches me a bit off guard and requires some new soul searching to find an answer.
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An interesting fellow drove into the farm last week and caught me as I was coming back from moving the cows. He was a real estate developer working for a solar farm outfit.
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Who we choose to associate with is one of our best insurance policies.
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According to the Real Organic Project, yesterday a letter with 40 former National Organic Standards Board signatories went to Sec. of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack and most congressmen and senators that said in part:
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