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As a student of the soil for nearly 40 years and someone dedicated to figuring out how to produce the most nutrient-dense food possible, Howard Vlieger shares the knowledge he has gained on how regenerative agriculture benefits health and community.
Fourth-generation cattle farmer Will Harris tells the story of White Oak Pastures, a highly successful, vertically integrated regenerative farm that produces and sells meat direct to consumers and through retail stores around the country.
Dan Kittredge, the founder and executive director of the Bionutrient Food Association (BFA), joins the Food Series for an audiocast on changing the paradigm in our food system.
“Please bear in mind that any move you make to stop or hinder raw milk operations will actually harm, not help the infants and children who rely on that milk.”~ Message on RealMilk.co…
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Full Interview – Food Series: Tales from the Congressional Front with Representative Thomas Massie:
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“My mission is to reduce government regulations and to empower people to have the opportunities they see for themselves; and to empower more young people to go into food and farming overall, to imp…
“Govern wisely and as little as possible.”~ Sam Houston
By Pete Kennedy
A promising trend in recent years has been the deregulation of local food production and distribution by state le…
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Read the PDF of: Food Series: Food EmancipationI with Joel Salatin Interview
“America’s food system is currently enslaved by bureaucratic sh…
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“Food Freedom Is Freedom.”~ Campaign slogan of Roy Ramey, candidate for West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture
By Pete Kennedy
If we are going to be su…
Graphic: Real Milk Legal Map
Click here to view the updated Raw Milk Legal Map, color index, and state-by-state status
By Pete Kennedy, Esq.
Over the past decade or so, a growing number …
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Tell Your Representative and Senators to Cosponsor the PRIME Act
The PRIME Act [House Resolution 2814 (H.R. 2814) and Senate Bill 907 (S.907)], badly…
“The history of procedural and ethical missteps by the park service at Point Reyes is stunning in its complexity and boldness. From the beginning of our stewardship of the farm, false science h…
By James Quaid
The European Commission on Tuesday said it had approved two Dutch plans worth a combined 1.47 billion euros ($1.61 billion) to buy out livestock farmers to reduce nitrogen polluti…
“[T]he purpose of any food system is that it should build four key strengths in each community where it operates: health, wealth, connection, and capacity.” ~ Ken Meter
By Pete Kennedy
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By Pete Kennedy, Esq.
Raw (unpasteurized) dairy products, except for cheese aged 60 days, are the only foods prohibited for human consumption in interstate commerce. The ban was a result of a 1986…
“Either we will have the right to own property or we will be property.” ~ Wayne Hage
By Pete Kennedy
On January 27, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. issued Executive Order (EO) 1400…
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You Are Stronger Than You Think You Are with Pete Kennedy Interview
“Victory is always closer t…
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Read the PDF of: Solari Special Report:Free in Tennessee: Kicking Tyranny to the Curb with Senator Frank Niceley Interview
“No one can …
“You can’t legislate integrity.”~ Joel Salatin
By Pete Kennedy
The lack of transparency as to what is actually in our food is accelerating. Our labeling laws too often leave consumers i…
“Agriculture is not crop production as popular belief holds – it’s the productionof food and fiber from the world’s land and waters. Without agriculture it is notpossible to have a city, stoc…
On April 8 at 9:30 a.m. eastern, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear oral argument in the case of Mark McAfee and Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FT…
“Down where we are, food is used as a political weapon. But if you have a pig in your backyard, if you have some vegetables in your garden, you can feed yourself and your family, and nobody can p…
“We proclaim the freedom to choose and decide for ourselves the types of products, services and methods that we think best for healthy eating and preventing illness and disease of our minds and …
By Pete Kennedy
With the accelerating deterioration in quality and reliability of the conventional food supply, one of the best steps anyone can take for health and preparedness is to increase…
“So the Department does not say you can’t take milk home, or Mr. Lobsinger can’t take milk home and process it in his own kitchen. The statute and enforcement scheme limits their authority …
“Odd as I am sure it will appear to some, I can think of no better form of personal involvement in the cure of the environment than that of gardening. A person who is growing a garden, if he is g…
“The small farmers I have talked to wonder why the DNR is singling out their pigs and is joining forces with the Michigan pork producers on this issue. They believe the association wants all pigs to…
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Read the PDF of: Special Solari Report: Food Series: Winning the War on Meat – The PRIME Act with Thomas Massie
“Consumers want to know where …
“The most accountable food system occurs when neighbors contract with neighbors. Friendship commerce, or what I call relationship marketing, is certainly higher moral ground than barcoded transacti…
"When we enslave the land, put life on a clock, or interfere with the ability of the land to breathe air or take in sun or water, we show our arrogance. There is no situation where you can def…
“Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.” ~ Samuel Butler
By Pete Kennedy
2021 has been a year of substantial progress for local food systems in the state legislatures. Less …
"To avoid the most catastrophic climate change scenarios, the evidence is clear that citizens in high-meat consuming countries—such as the United States—need to dramatically reduce their m…
As efforts continue to eliminate or significantly reduce animal proteins in our diet, especially beef, this film produced by Diana Rodgers, Robb Wolf, and James Connolly “probes the fundamental…
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“We have traded our health, our food security, our local economy for highly processed foods, all in the name of food safety.” ~ Greg Hertz…
"If our goal is a peaceful, just society, self-reliance at the home and community levels must be a central focus of our lives." ~ Ben Falk, The Resilient Farm and Homestead
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"The greatest fine art of the future will be making a living from a small piece of land."
~ Abraham Lincoln
By Pete Kennedy
This past year we’ve witnessed a decrease in the quality…
On April 30, Governor Greg Gianforte signed Senate Bill 199 (SB 199), also known as the Montana Local Food Choice Act, into law. Senator Greg Hertz (R-Polson) sponsored the bill. The new law goes …
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“We want to completely replace animals as a food production technology by 2035. We are working on producing all foods that w…
FDA Views on Your Food Choices: From FDA‘s reply brief to a lawsuit filed by FTCLDF challenging the interstate raw milk ban in the case of Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund et al. v. Unit…
“His far hind leg in Buffalo,
His front one in Tacoma,
His left rear half in Jacksonville,
His front one in Pomona,
And after that steer et all that hay, [ate]
Wouldn’t there be a fuss,
If…
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"How might we begin to build a decentralized system of durable local economies? Gradually, I hope. We have had enough of violent or sudden changes imposed by predatory int…
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Read the PDF of: Food Series: In the Trenches with Elizabeth Rich
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Read the PDF of Solari Food Series: Time for PRIME with Congressman Thomas Massie
“All I’m asking is m…
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Read the PDF of Champion of the Small Farmer with Senator Frank Niceley
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[CAF Note: I am a supporter of Congressman Massie. I believe his efforts are critical to the future of our country and the future of small farmers and ranchers and local food m…
“The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund is proud to announce that Utah farmers Symbria and Sara Patterson are the winners of the first annual Gravel Road Gang Activism Scholarship, an aw…
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“Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving.” ~Joseph Auslander
By Catherine Austin Fitts
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“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” ~ Milton Berle
(Seen on cafe wall by Catherine in Lugano this week)
By Catherine Austin Fitts
There is no aspect of food left unexp…
“Our task is to look at the world and see it whole.” ~E. F. Schumacher
By Catherine Austin Fitts
This week on The Solari Report, Harry Blazer interviews Ronnie Cummins, co-founder and Inter…
“The final requirement of an ecological agriculture is an evolved, conscious human being whose attitude towards nature is that of co-existence, not exploitation.” ~ Dr. Miguel Altieri
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“We believe that the responsible treatment of animals and land stewardship are essential when striving to raise great-tasting, best-in-season grass-fed beef and free-range poultry.” ~ Bill Niman…
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Read the transcript of Solari Food Series – Dr. Don Huber – Food Patriot here (PDF)
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“Homemade broth, of course, is a whole food product. It’s a slow food, whole food, and real food that has been nourishing and healing people for tens of thousands of years.” ~ Sally Fallo…
“You can get an idea of human nature only when you can see the relationship of the individual human being to the whole cosmos.” ~ Rudolf Steiner
By Catherine Austin Fitts
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“Amazon only has about 100 distribution centers in the US. This will bring it to 560….About 90 percent of Amazon Prime shoppers live within 10 miles of a Whole Foods store, and that’s…
“In our society, growing food yourself has become the most radical of acts. It is truly the only effective protest, one that can-and will-overturn the corporate powers that be. By the…
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The Solari Report 2016-12-15
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Read the transcript of The Food Series – Francois Vecchio – Charcutier, Salumiere, Wurstmeister here (PDF)
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Read the transcript of Food Series: The Future of Biodynamic and Organic Farming here (PDF)
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Read the transcript of Solari Food Series: Vital Soils – The Foundation of Life, Part II here (PDF)
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Read the transcript of Solari Food Series – Pioneering Urban Farms with Will Allen here (PDF)
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“The soil is the great connector of our lives, the source and destination of us all.” ~Wendall Barry
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Harry Blazer continues the Solari Report Food Series this week w…
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The Transcript of “Fresh Food, Yes! with Jeffrey Smith” is now available to Subscribers!
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By Catherine Austin Fitts
One of the most important opportunities in America today is the creation of new enterprises to provide fresh, local food.
The national debate over healthcare has made cle…
Accessing and creating your own food sources can be fun. Often it involves collaborating with friends and neighbors. What if you were to organize a regular potluck dinner and show documentaries that w…
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