Fewer than 5% of all Americans drink raw milk. Yet, the question of whether Americans should be allowed to drink it at all is one of the hottest controversies between foodies and public health officials these days. As demand for milk that is neither pasteurized nor homogenized booms and more families try to acquire the stuff for the health benefits they believe that raw milk … [Read more...]
Factory farming a Communist plot?
When you really look at it, America's agriculture system, with its preference for big centrally managed factory operations over small locally run family farms, looks kind of, well, Communist. And I'm not thinking about the kind of "socialism" that Fox News warns will descend on America if Obamacare isn't repealed or if the rich have to pay more taxes. No, I mean real … [Read more...]
The independence diet
With July Fourth coming up, you can expect to hear lots of discussion on the left and in the green community about how bad "independence" really is -- no matter how cool you may think the Founding Fathers were. Instead of good old American values like independence, self-reliance and individualism, well meaning folks are sure to tell us that we should be embracing … [Read more...]
Lawyers for honest food
Imagine a country where the government outlawed the food that people have eaten for thousands of years. Imagine that raw milk straight from cows couldn't be sold across state lines unless it was heated until most of its nutritional value was destroyed. Imagine that one small town that tried to allow its local farmers to sell directly to families couldn't protect those … [Read more...]