In the eyes of the government, I'm probably considered a criminal.
All because I had the audacity to seek out wholesome, nutrient-dense,
naturally prepared food. It all started six years ago, when one of my
children got sick, and conventional medicine had nothing to offer him.
Nothing. Despite taking him to some of the best hospitals and doctors in
the region, nobody had any answers. And meanwhile, I watched my 9-year
old suffer in pain day after day after day. It went on for over a year.
Some days he could barely get out of bed.
Out of desperation, I threw out every processed food in the house,
every food with unpronounceable ingredients, and we started buying real,
whole, unprocessed foods. A friend introduced me to a co-op that brought
food into the state from an Amish farm about 100 miles away. And as we
changed our family's diet, over the course of about three months, our
son was restored to good health.
Farmer Dan was a huge blessing to our family. We loved his eggs, his
meat, his raw milk, but we especially loved his yogurt and his
sauerkraut. That sauerkraut... I still dream about it! My mouth is
watering just thinking about it. It was a totally different food than
the stuff you can buy in the store.
Then, in 2011, disaster struck. In the dark of night, federal agents
raided Farmer Dan's farm and began legal proceedings to shut him down.
Farmer Dan held out for awhile, but the government's muscle was too much
for him. He finally conceded defeat and threw in the towel. No more raw
milk. No more homemade cheese. No more yogurt, no more sauerkraut.
It was over. The day the Feds raided Farmer Dan's farm, they
effectively took food right out of my family's mouth.
After we lost access to those healing home-crafted, fermented foods
like sauerkraut and yogurt, I searched high and low for other sources.
It's been like playing a reverse version of whack-a-mole ever since. It
seems that as soon as I find a source for these delicious fermented
foods, one bureaucratic agency or another tells the purveyors that they
have to comply with so many burdensome regulations that one of two
things happens. The regulations either make it far too expensive for a
small producer to stay in business, or the food is pasteurized to kill
all the living enzymes and good bacteria. In other words... no artisanal
fermented foods, at least not a supply we can rely on.
It's maddening, to say the least.
You have to wonder... just what are the food police afraid of?
Because it sure isn't about "food safety." After all, fermented foods
have been around since the dawn of agriculture. Archeological evidence
of fermented beverages is found all over the globe -- in the Caucasus
mountains 8000 years ago, in Babylon and Persia 7000 years ago, in Egypt
5000 years ago, and in pre-Colombian Mexico 4000 years ago. The
Egyptians have been eating sourdough bread for 2500 years, and fermented
milk was a staple in Babylon 5000 years ago.
Many cultures today still eat fermented foods on a daily basis... and
the people who do are much healthier than the average American who does
not. The Japanese don't let a day pass without eating miso, fermented
soy sauce, and pickles. In Africa, fermented grain porridges are part of
the daily fare. Soured, fermented milk is a staple in Indian meals. For
Koreans, it's homemade kimchi. Even the French have their crème fraiche
and wine.
And yet, the powers-that-be don't want us to have access to them.
About two or three years ago, federal, state, and local governments
began a coordinated effort to stamp out production of artisanal foods
like the ones we enjoyed. Our supplier, Farmer Dan, was one of the
casualties, as are many local producers who are just trying to offer
healthy, wholesome food on a small scale.
In July of 2010, and again in August of 2011, a private food co-op in
California was raided by federal agents, including fully armed SWAT
teams. Three individuals were arrested, and thousands of dollars worth
of healthy foods were confiscated. The case is still ongoing today.
For 30 years, Morningland Dairy in Missouri produced artisanal
cheeses. In those three decades, there was never a single reported
illness caused by the cheese. But in August of 2010, federal and state
authorities accused the dairy of selling contaminated cheese. The FDA
claimed the cheese was "an acute, life-threatening hazard to health."
The cheese inventory was confiscated, and ordered destroyed. The dairy
has ceased production, but is still fighting in court.
In October of 2011, as guests arrived for a Farm to Fork Dinner
hosted by Quail Hollow Farm, a CSA in Nevada, state health inspectors
arrived... and ordered the destruction of the freshly and professionally
prepared food. Hosts and guests were threatened with police action if
they did not comply.
Scenes like this are becoming all too common across the nation.
Consumers who are desperate to take back control of their health by
eating only the highest quality food are finding obstacles thrown in
their path by the food police.
How to Outsmart the Food Police
Incidents like the ones described above are precisely the reason I
decided it was time to learn how to make fermented foods myself. And
just in time, Solutions From Science provided exactly the right
resource. In keeping with their many other resources for the
self-reliant citizen, they have just released a step-by-step guide
called Fermentation Factor.
If you want to discover the time-tested secrets to making your own
artisanal fermented foods -- legally and privately in your own home --
click here now for details.
Sincerely,
Eileen, Team Member
Solutions From Science
P.S. Even though the government for some reason hates this stuff when
it's sold on the open market, it's still perfectly legal to make it
yourself... at least, at this writing. If SWAT teams can raid a private
food co-op for making healthy food available to its members... or force
farmers to pour bleach on food from their own farm... they probably have
the wherewithal to censor Fermentation Factor, too. So in case
they decide to do just that, get your copy now.
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