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Book Review: Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal — Joel Salatin

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As a visionary and creative entrepreneur working outside the government- and university-sponored system, Joel Salatin’s efforts are continually hampered and his livelihood threatened. Everything he wants to do to provide clean, safe, humanely raised food to local consumers is illegal.

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Book Review: The Untold Story of Milk — Ron Schmid, MD

Food Politics
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Raw milk is probably the only way most people will be willing and able to consume raw animal fats and proteins–macronutrients in their natural, unadulterated forms–as well as enzymes and numerous vitamins and minerals. Milk from healthy, pasture-fed cows is sun-drenched grass transmuted into a nutrient-dense liquid.

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Do You Have a Constitutional Right to Choose What to Eat?

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Our government doesn’t think we have a right to control the food that goes into our mouths. In the name of safety, the federal government entangles itself illegally into what is the states’ responsibility. Is this really because of safety issues or is it an economic decision based on which industry has the most dollars to lobby and contribute to political campaigns?

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Food Safety and the Future of the Family Farm

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The health of your body and mind is directly tied to the health and quality of the food you consume. And you have a right to choose what food you want and from whom you want to buy it. Our government continually wants to step in in the name of “safety” and place onerous financial and logistical burdens on those who can least afford them: the family farmer.

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