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Food Series: A Campaign for Real Milk with Sally Fallon Morell
“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…
Food Series: Tales from the Congressional Front with Representative Thomas Massie
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Food Series: Food Freedom Is Freedom: Roy Ramey Campaigns to Be West Virginia’s Agriculture Commissioner
“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…
Food Series: Grassroots Activism with Judith McGeary
“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…
Food Series: Food Emancipation with Joel Salatin
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“America’s food system is currently enslaved by bureaucratic sh…
Food Series: Big Year for Raw Milk in State Houses
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By Pete Kennedy, Esq.
Over the past decade or so, a growing number …
Action Alert – Tell Congressmen to Cosponsor the PRIME Act (Farm Bill)
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The PRIME Act [House Resolution 2814 (H.R. 2814) and Senate Bill 907 (S.907)], badly…
Food Series: Drakes Bay Oyster Company—Death of a Community Icon with Kevin Lunny
“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…
Food Series: The Nitrogen Scam
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…
Food Series: Community Food Webs: Building Out the Parallel System with Ken Meter
“[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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Food Series: Raw Milk Nation
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…
Food Series: The 30×30 Land Grab with Margaret Byfield
“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) …
Food Series: Untruth in Labeling with Dr. Sina McCullough
“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…
Food Series: The Great Poisoning – The War on Food
“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…
Food Series: Raw Butter Ban Before U.S. Appellate Court
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…
Food Series: Maine Right to Food: The Road Ahead with Heather Retberg
“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…
Food Series: How One Consumer Makes a Difference, Part 2 with Michele Reneau
“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 a…
Food Series: Finding Sources of Fresh Food
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…
Food Series: How One Consumer Can Make a Difference with Mike Lobsinger
“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 …
Food Series: Homesteading (Part III) with John Moody
“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…
Food Series: When Michigan DNR Went Hog Wild with Mark Baker
“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…
Food Series: Winning the War on Meat – The PRIME Act with Thomas Massie
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“Consumers want to know where …
Food Series: Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal – The War on Meat, Part III with Joel Salatin
“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…
Food Series: War on Meat (Part II) with Niti Bali
"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…
Food Series: Progress for Local Food in the State Houses
“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 …
Food Series: The War on Meat, Part I with Dr. Will Winter
"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…
Let’s Go to the Movies: Week of June 28, 2021: Sacred Cow: The Nutritional, Environmental and Ethical Case for Better Meat
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…
Food Series: Food Freedom in Big Sky Country with Montana State Senator Greg Hertz
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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…
Food Series: Homesteading (Part II) with John Moody
"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
By Pete …
Food Series: Homesteading (Part I) with John Moody
"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…
Food Series: Montana Food Freedom Bill Now Law
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 …
Food Series: Rogue Food—An Interview with John Moody
“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…
Food Series: Remedy for Slaughterhouse Logjam?
By Pete Kennedy Access to slaughterhouses has been poor for small livestock producers in most of the country for many years now but has become […]
Food Series: Time for PRIME with Congressman Thomas Massie
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“All I’m asking is m…
Food Series: Solari Food Posters
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Local Food’s Congressman Has Primary Challenge
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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…
Food Series: Leading a Food Revolution with Symbria and Sara Patterson
“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…
Food Series: About Pete
Peter Kennedy, Esq. has served as the host of the Solari Report Food Series since Spring 2020. Pete is an attorney in Sarasota, Florida, who […]
Food Series: Food Resilience Action for Family and Community: Farmers and Markets
If the US has a Grand Master of family farming and marketing strategy, it’s likely Joel Salatin” ~ Catherine Austin Fitts As you take stock […]
Food Series: A Culinary History of Christmas
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Welcome to our Food Series In the post-WWII era, power flowed from control of the reserve currency backed by oil. In the emerging multipolar world, […]
About Harry
Harry Blazer served as the Host of the Solari Food Series from 2016 to 2019. Harry is one of the most knowledgeable leaders in the […]
Food Series: Father of Modern Agroecology with Dr. Miguel Altieri
“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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Food Series: The Godfather of Grass-Fed with Bill Niman
“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…
Food Series: Food Patriot with Dr. Don Huber
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Food Series: Nourishing Traditions with Sally Fallon Morell & Harry Blazer
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Food Series: Nourishing Traditions with Sally Fallon Morell & Harry Blazer
“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…
Food Series: The Legacy Interviews Christopher Mann
“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
Christo…
Food Series: Amazon Buys Whole Foods with Harry Blazer
“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…
Food Series: A Culinary History of Christmas
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Food Series: The Future of Biodynamic and Organic Farming
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Food Series: Vital Soils – The Foundation of Life, Part II
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Food Series: Pioneering Urban Farms with Will Allen
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Food Series: Vital Soils – The Foundation of Life, Part I
“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…
Introducing the Solari Food Series
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Food Series: Transcript of “Fresh Food, Yes! with Jeffrey Smith
The Transcript of “Fresh Food, Yes! with Jeffrey Smith” is now available to Subscribers!
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Food Series: Crowdfunding: Growing Fresh Food Entrepreneurs
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…
Food Documentaries: Let’s Go to the Movies with Catherine Austin Fitts
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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