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GODS THAT DAMN FOOD PART I: THE CRISIS
“You never let a serious crisis go to waste.” Rahm Emanuel The United States has a serious food safety crisis, and so its agents, with guns drawn and warrants in hand, are breaking down the doors of the little people who sell food to their neighbors. But wait… Which is in crisis: local food or industrial food? (#697 in The Forums)
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GODS THAT DAMN FOOD PART I: THE CRISIS

Which is in crisis: local foods or industrial foods?

(Food Chain Radio #697)

You never let a serious crisis go to waste. Rahm Emanuel

Eggs, hamburger, spinach, peanuts... The United States of America is in crisis, a food safety crisis, so its agents, with guns drawn and warrants in hand, are breaking down doors.

The front line of this food safety war appears to be the little people who sell fresh, whole milk to their friends and neighbors. Why?

While contaminated foods sicken millions every year, with a third of a million requiring hospitalization and 5,000 dying, very few are sickened by fresh whole milk.

According the CDC, of the 76,000,000 people sickened by contaminated food every year, only about 116 are linked to raw milk.

Despite the incredible disparity of the numbers, fresh, whole milk has become the front line in the Food and Drug Administration's effort to manage the food safety crisis.

The management of this food safety crisis is as if the West Coast is being invaded by the Chinese Red Army, so the government counters by ordering an attack on Bermuda!

This leads us to ask...

Which is in crisis: local foods or industrial foods? (The Forums #697)

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