Issue #032, November 13, 2010

Look Who's Waging a War on Wholesome Food

A woman and her eight small children are held at gunpoint for several hours while her house and food storage areas are searched. Why? Because she ran a food club. In another case, agents searched the home of a private family and seized their computers because they allowed a raw dairy farmer to park in their driveway while distributing raw milk to residents in the area.

A private food club in California had thousands of dollars worth of raw honey and raw dairy products seized and were shut down by agents. Both the FBI and the FDA were on the scene.

What's going on? Why, when there are so many true crimes being committed are innocent families and groups being terrorized over food of all things?

The War on Wholesome Food

There is a growing trend in our country to forego factory-produced, unhealthy food and buy locally-produced, raw milk and honey, fresh eggs and grass-fed beef. This is terrifying the huge food production companies, who are determined to crush the competition. And by using powerful lobbyists, they’ve recruited our government to help them.

So Why are Corporations so Terrified of the Little Guys?

The fact is, food factories can't produce the same quality of milk and other foods because they are - by their very nature - factories. The large-scale beef producers have huge costs, and can only make a profit if they keep cattle in large feedlots, feed them corn laced with growth hormones and antibiotics and butcher them in factories. Likewise the large-scale dairy producers can only be profitable if they pasteurize their milk and use growth hormones.

The local producers, on the other hand, can keep as little as a two or three head of cattle on their back lot and still make a profit while producing food in a much safer, cleaner and healthier environment.

Farmageddon and Your Health at Stake

If we want healthier food for us and our children, then it is up to us to fight for locally produced food. Contact your representatives and let them know you want protection for locally produced farmers. And watch for this new documentary coming out in 2011.

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