“Lunatic Farmer” Warns Of The Rise Of Rogue Food

Hat tip Hardscrabble Farmer

Authored by Adam Taggart via PeakProsperity.com,

A ‘food freedom’ revolt against the government is starting…

This week, we welcome back Joel Salatin to the podcast. Labeled by The Washington Post as “the most famous farmer in America”, Joel has spent his career advocating for sustainable farming practices and pioneering models that show how food can be grown and raised in ways that are regenerative to our topsoils, more humane to livestock, produce much healthier & tastier food, and contribute profitably to the local economy.

Who wouldn’t want that?

Well, the government and Big Ag for starters. Joel refers to himself as a ‘lunatic farmer’ because so many of the changes he thinks our food system needs are either illegal under the current law or mightily resisted by the deep-pocketed corporations controlling production and distribution.

And this anti-competitive restriction and stifling of small sustainable food producers is only getting worse. While dismayed at this, Salatin finds hope in the burgeoning rebellion of the “rogue food” resistence breaking out:

I’m not optimistic at all about where the government and all its bureaucracy is headed. It is getting more and more stifling. The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) that Obama put through, it’s absolutely stifling. It’s size prejudicial. It’s putting an inordinate price pressure on smaller producers. That’s a fact all the way across the board. And the cost of compliance is escalating — the amount of paperwork, the amount of licensing, the amount of testing and procedural stuff that’s happening on farms — is through the roof.

So on the federal level, I think it’s getting worse. Now, I think what’s happening on the local level, the other thing that’s a pushback that’s happened, is what’s now known as the food sovereignty movement. And that started in 2015 maybe, two or three years ago in Sedgewick, Maine. And that was a township that passed a half page food sovereignty law that said, in our township if a neighbor wants to do food commerce with another neighbor it’s none of the governments business and no bureaucrat has to be involved. So if you want to come to my house, look around, smell around, and operate as freedom of choice, as voluntary adults, as consenting adults – and I’m using very strong language here – to practice your freedom of choice, then two consenting adults should be able to engage in food commerce without a bureaucrat being involved. Well, very quickly six other townships in Maine took up the mantra and passed the regulation, the law, as well.

Then, of course, Maine pushed back and said, no, you can’t do that. And it continued to build in Maine until finally the legislature and the governor passed it and said, okay, if a township wants to do that it’s okay with us. Well, then, the USDA quickly responded and said we’re going to pull all of your federally inspected slaughter houses and food processing plants. Maine, you won’t be able to sell to anybody because the federal government is pulling out if you do this. Then the governor called an emergency session. They went back in, and it’s still being negotiated. It’s a big hoo-ha. Believe me, there are a lot of us around the country that are watching what’s going on in Maine, and we’re very interested in it.

And if that were duplicated around the country it would almost be like local food secession. There’s a place to say, at some level, we should be able to engage in food commerce at our own risk and our own freewill. And that is definitely gaining momentum. We see it in the expansion of the Farm-to-consumer Legal Defense Fund, which is essentially a home-schooled legal defense association for food. In two years, they’ve grown from a network of collaborating attorney’s in something like 5 states to collaborating attorneys in 40 states. That’s phenomenal growth for a little non-profit organization.

And so as attorneys find out about how little farmers get treated by SWAT teams that come in and confiscate their food and different things like that, there’s a backlash to it. And now the beauty of the internet is that these things can be documented on iPhones. People can see the bureaucrat, the SWAT teams coming in and throwing out the perfectly good food from a freezer. They can see the raid; they can see people’s rights being violated. And so there is definitely a backlash. It’s a food freedom backlash in the country, and I’ve been an advocate of this all my life. I’ve always said when Americans become as interested in defending their right to acquire the food of their choice as they are the gun of their choice, we’re going to have a whole different food paradigm in this country.

Rogue food is on the rise. One of the most successful examples in the in country is in Louisville, Kentucky. It’s a food club that operates essentially under the same kind of a charter as a golf country club. It’s not public, it’s completely private. If you’re not a member you can’t go play in that club or on that course. And so what this is is a dues paying, nonpublic, members-only food exchange model. And these guys in Louisville actually have a store front and everything in there is illegal. I mean, they got everything from raw milk to homemade pepperoni. I mean, it’s all illegal. And nobody can touch them because it’s a private club.

Click the play button below to listen to my interview with Joel Salatin (52m:32s).

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Ginger
Ginger

Until the day of “cheap food at the lowest price” is erased from the average American’s mind, one will just have to learn to live with food that actually kills. I speak to those that do not grow their own.

Someone said ” Food is medicine”, and this is a true statement.

SmallerGovNow
SmallerGovNow

“And these guys in Louisville actually have a store front and everything in there is illegal. I mean, they got everything from raw milk to homemade pepperoni. I mean, it’s all illegal. And nobody can touch them because it’s a private club.”

This is a great idea. We haven’t had to resort to this kind of thing here in South Texas. Farmer’s markets are quite common and we even have a weekly “farm crawl” where every Friday from 2 to 5 pm micro farmers in the area sell their wares. Consumers simply go property to property and do their shopping.

Thanks for the post HSF and Godspeed… Chip

Darrell Dullnig
Darrell Dullnig

“When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use.
When diet is correct, medicine is of no need.”
Ayurvedic Proverb

This profound blurb appears on a large plaque inside the Casa de Luz restaurant in Austin, TX. If you are food conscious, and you find yourself in Austin, this is a requirement.

El Coyote
El Coyote

Austin food? Really?
San Antonio Mexican cuisine is second only to El Paso cuisine. Austin food sucks big time!

Darrell Dullnig
Darrell Dullnig

Coyote, I referred to a particular restaurant which specializes in food that is actually good for your body and mind, as opposed to food that merely tickles your palate. You would not like Casa de Luz; it is only for those who are serious about their health. Their offerings are low fat vegan, all organic.

El Coyote
El Coyote

Thanks for the clarification. The name sounds like a church. Yeah, I know the owner might be a woman named Luz.

Back in the day, old Mexican women had these sorts of names; Light, Aide, Solitude, Remedies, Hope, Mercy,

My mother’s generation that followed them had male names converted to female names. this isn’t much different from ‘Ivanka’.

lager
lager

EC, I know an Italian guy who married a Mehicana named Geronima, after the male native American Geronimo. He calls her (pronounced) Hey-oh, for short.

El Coyote
El Coyote

The Mexica Indians that gave Mexico its name, pronounced the ‘x’ in a soft ‘sh’. So Meshico would be correct but Mehico would not be correct because the ‘h’ is silent. The alternative spelling is Mejico, the ‘j’ has an ‘h’ sound, e.g. Jose.

El Coyote
El Coyote

The G in Geronimo also has an ‘h’ sound because it is at the beginning of the word. Guerra, or war, has the English ‘g’ sound but notice it is followed by a ‘ue’.

El Coyote
El Coyote

A lot of the supposedly ‘Spanish’ words used in Meshico are not Spanish, they are of Indian origin, Nahautl. Indians are Mexico’s ‘niggers’. This is why you have light skinned actors on Univision, brown people look too much like Indians.

We are mostly Indian but the Indian culture has been stripped away. If you ever read “Ramona” or watched the TV movie based on the Hemet play, you encounter the racist attitudes of European settlers towards Indians and Mestizos. http://ramonabowl.com/

Darrell Dullnig
Darrell Dullnig

Casa de Luz. = House of Light

El Coyote
El Coyote

Patrick, I was going to discuss how NAFTA destroyed the ancient Mexican corn crops which ties in with the article but you’re still thinking about the name of the restaurant.
Why do I bother?
I’m going back to simple sentences.

Robin Banks
Robin Banks

If it’s low fat and vegan it ain’t healthy.

Annie
Annie

My comment exactly 🙂

billy
billy

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Hollywood Rob

So HSF. I thought of you when I saw this on Zero Hedge. Are you experiencing this oppression? Is this why you can’t ship meat?

KaD
KaD

Why is it someone can have multiple pit bulls but not a few goats, even mini-goats? In many places you can have multiple (useless) dogs but not chickens or rabbits. Could it be that we are/will be easier to control without food freedom?

Stucky

Most people, if asked to name the Top 10 most evil governmental entities, would NOT include the FDA.

That’s a shame. They belong in everyone’s Top 3. Pure. Evil. Disband them. Send them to Siberia. Feed them cow shit the rest of their lives.

PlatoPlubius

Salatin said,

“I’ve always said when Americans become as interested in defending their right to acquire the food of their choice as they are the gun of their choice, we’re going to have a whole different food paradigm in this country.”

I hope the townships in Maine can set the example for others to follow.

PlatoPlubius

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https://cointelegraph.com/explained/blockchain-s-impact-on-food-and-farming-explained

Unfortunately my optimism is weighed down to reality with the understanding of macro technological trends like Blockchain…

All part of the 5G IBM Smart world that we all, regardless of who is our CEO, will be forced to interact and comply with.

DRUD
DRUD

“Well, very quickly six other townships in Maine took up the mantra and passed the regulation, the law, as well.”

This is a very telling line that is probably mostly overlooked. It reminds me of a line in the 6th Harry Potter movie…McGonagal;: “Surely, Mr. Potters actions were heroic, but why were they necessary?”

The fact that laws need to be passed, at a local level, to allow people to perform the very most basic of fundamental rights (sustaining one’s very life) shows: A) just how draconian the Federal Government really is, and B) just how backwards most people’s thinking has become–it’s basically the idea that Government fundamentally provides everything we need and we must beg everything from it. THAT is what must change and at a massive scale. Maybe, just maybe, we can get there before governments destroy the whole fucking world.

PlatoPlubius

DRUD,

Great points. Truly how remarkable how far the FEDZILLA over reach is…

All brought to you by the global Nanny state…

In the future every global CITIZEN will have a regular scheduled virtual meeting with government drones like social workers and gov’t approved physicians like Winston checking in through his television with the Ministry in the confines of his domicile in Orwells 1984.

Take the introduction of a bill in Puerto Rico’s legislature…

“…the contentious bill which seeks to create a “healthy child programme”. If the bill became law, obese children would be identified in schools, and their families “educated” about the health risks and consequences of remaining overweight.

If social workers believed there had been no progress after six months, they would have the authority to open a child neglect case and impose a fine of $500; if after a year they believed things were the same, another fine of $800 could be levied.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/08/puerto-rico-childhood-obesity-law-parents-abuse

Remember, in this Brave New World, children have rights too and the State has no problem micromanaging the family unit with what it deems isthe best way to raise the child… same micromanaging taking place in the classroom with streamlining behavior/discipline policies and teaching methods like “THINK, PAIR, SHARE”
gov’t micromanaging in every sector is part of the overall global “gleichschaltung”, or bringing into line, that is occuring by our corporate overlords.

DRUD
DRUD

Jesus, the very concept 0f “Rogue Food” or “Organic Produce” for that matter, would absolutely baffle any of our ancestors, yet here we are. At least a few are sounding the alarm…will enough hear and in time?

BUCKHED
BUCKHED

In most states a person can’t buy raw milk ( unpasteurized ). When you ask someone why not….it’s about safety, it’s not good for you etc. Then you ask well…it comes straight from the cow to me….doesn’t the fish from the local markets follow the same path and that’s allowed…then it’s Uh,Uh…OK.

In the local paper we had a gent named Jim Eagle who wrote a weekly column on organic gardening,natural soil improvement etc. He was warning everyone about Monsanto,ADM and others using what he called “Killer Technology” and he was warning about them gaining control of the food supply based on GMO plants….this was in 1987.

Some states have draconian laws on locally grown food and animal products. The FDA and others have raided places,guns drawn and the products destroyed because they didn’t comply with their rules.
Nothing like a militant Amish man trying to take over the food supply .

PlatoPlubius

The underlying current in this battle is against individual sovereignty…

TPTB do not want someone off grid who is able to be self sufficient…
There wouldn’t be a need for these types of individuals in the marketplace or the beast smart world collectivist control grid system being erected gradually right beneath most of our unsuspecting noses.

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Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs

Plato…
Right. “They” want us in the system. You can be poor and in the system but just try being poor outside the system.

BUCKHED
BUCKHED

When I try to post a reply it pops up in red..”Some Of The Field Is Invalid ” . I give up…what am I not doing right ?

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Kimberley Workman
Kimberley Workman

I’ve been screaming for so long. I read this on ZH and I’m so glad HSF saw it also. I’ve watched Joel Salatin for a number of years now – I think he’s super awesome.
Many patients are sick because of food choices. Food can cure!
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Kimberley Workman
Kimberley Workman

Big Dick
Big Dick

Great HSF set up a private club to tour or help you on the farm and we all can be members for $1.00. We then will have the privilege of buying from you in our clubbie way and avoid all laws. Fuck the government and their big balls way!!

Dan
Dan

The only way Maine is going to triumph on this is if they tell the USDA: “NUTS!” and do it anyways. The Feds will then say it’s illegal for them to ship meat over state lines. Well, do it anyways, and dare them to try and stop them. If Sanctuary Cities can flaunt the law, then why the hell cant we buy food as we please?!? Ditto for raw milk or anything else…

Ghost

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