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Et tu, NIH?
One of the rewards of what we do is talking to our friends and neighbors as they get their latest grass fed beef and pork fix. There were a couple of those conversations yesterday. One about the federal study that says the low carb diet is best for losing weight after all….and another with a woman who says she depends on the perfect fats in grass fed beef to supply just the right amount of fat she needs. We’ve ranted here before about the nonsense masquerading as science that comes out of not only the government but the medical industry. Anyone for the food pyramid? Now, though, this latest study…
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If you can’t beat them, buy them….
We’ve made the point before that the organic label has been seriously corrupted. Big agriculture industry giants (Big Ag) have infiltrated the organic field and, with their accomplices in government, are doing all they can to blur the differences between our contaminated supermarket food supply and safe food. Again, Democrats and Republicans alike in Washington are the culprits in this story. You would think, of course, that “organic” means entirely natural; it grows and we eat it unadulterated except for what we may add as we prepare it. Well, that’s not true. Something like 300 additives, some carcinogenic, have already been cleared by the “watchdog” government agency for use in organic food…
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BULLETIN: We beat the bureaucrats!
It was a powerful demonstration of the new so-called “social media” at work. I’ve never seen such a push back as the ag community staged against the proposed Obama rule that would have prevented kids from doing chores around the farm. We reported on the proposal (see below: I’m from the government…) as did every other blog I read and apparently Washington was buried in an avalanche of protests. The Labor department has pulled back its plan and—more importantly—has even guaranteed it will not be resurrected during this Administration. The bureaucrats have a way of getting whatever they want on most issues by coming back until the opposition is finally worn…
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I’m from the government and I’m here to help you….
We try to keep politics out of our blogging….we really try. But the #&*@! pointy-headed bureaucrats are doing it again. They’re about to promulgate a regulation which would make it illegal for us to have our grandchildren join us in working on the farm. From the time they’re able, some of our grandkids love to help out; others aren’t interested. They all want to drive the 4-wheeler, of course, and will do any chore that involves that. Sorry kids….the Obama Administration says Grandpa is trying to kill you. Please watch the following. I know it’s crazy Fox News and all that…and the comments go “off the wall”….but still watch, please.…
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Another helping of slime, kids?
We thought it kinda funny-sad-outrageous recently when the Fed Food Police confiscated some school lunch boxes and substituted cafeteria meals instead. The contents of the lunch boxes were deemed “unhealthy” but when we read what the Feds proscribed—starting with chicken nuggets—we concluded Mom’s cooking may not have been perfect but it was a whole lot better than Michelle’s Menu. Now comes word that a decision back in the Bush administration perfecting a school lunch burger—something scientists that investigate the project call “pink slime”—is being implemented. The Feds are buying millions of pounds of the stuff—made up of meat trims, connective tissue, and “you best not ask”—for your local school cafeteria. …