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We are a ranching family. The topic of this essay is exceedingly complex. In addition to all of the political bs around bugs, cultured meat and all the rest, including the desire to destroy production agriculture, there are many practical problems. We have succeeded in moving to rotational grazing on most of our operation. We have tried, without success, to cut weed spray. We have also tried, without success, to use legumes instead of commercial synthetic fertilizers. Farm and ranch people, large or small operations, cannot foot the bill to make the necessary changes. I have been to seminars, read books, take the Stockman Grass Farmer, edited by the most famous farmer in America, Joe Salatin. We also own a herd of high priced bulls from Kit Pharo. The transition, in our case, has been a lot more difficult than these people lead us to believe. A lot of education and assistance will be required.

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God bless you & your family for being a 'ranching family' - I thank you deeply for your service to humankind ...

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No better report than that of those who are actually DOING the work! It's very easy for a politician or onlooker to promote this or that method but in reality, the results are slow in manifesting themselves. Many of which will be unseen and therefore go un-noticed. UNTIL one bites into a beautiful, vibrant tomato without that anticipated "tomato taste."

The "fix" in my opinion, must come from the bottom up, from "grass-roots" efforts supported and encouraged, as the problem dictates, among small farmers and residents who are motivated enough to supplement their "fiber-only" food intake with the nutritional requirements our bodies clamor for. However, for that to take hold among the citizenry, the education portion of the issue needs to occur. That is difficult to achieve with such a lazy and blindly trusting, careless society of overweight, weak individuals. The opposition's efforts are to increase production and shelf-life at the most minimal expense, while campaigning against all "naturalistic" methods of food production, at the same time, to acquire as much farm-land as possible, keeping it in the corporate "family" and depriving the small farmers of their livelihood.

The media outlets are totally owned and operated by the Jesuit-run over-seers, and so it is virtually impossible to confront the situation using a "top-down" approach. The legal and oversight agencies throughout the civilized world have been infiltrated, and would no more willingly change their motives to remedy the dire situation that now exists, than to shoot themselves purposefully in the foot. We the people must face this solemn fact of life. We have been led astray in this, and in spiritual matters as well. The latter, being even far greater in terms of consequence.

The temporal "remedy" can only be minimally effective, because of the reasons given, but even a small notion, supported with a little effort, can bring about results. Like the sheep that we are, we tend to "follow the herd." Where success is found to be influential, others will soon follow suit, and with prayer, and devotion, a "movement" might then find "root" in some rich, supportive soil. We see this across the board where an innovation is rejected for strange reasons, until it finally, after being ridiculed, becomes mainstream. The same might be said to occur of "Victory Gardens." We've been conditioned of the supermarket's trustworthiness in supplying "good" (for us) type products. The reversal of that has been better manifested by how the Govt has led so many to take the jab. We all know the horrid results of that.

We can therefore duly assume there is not one iota of true concern for the public's health within the "food" industry and its extensions. So it falls on us to devise a solution. None in this evil world will percolate up to the top, the scum and sludge of selfish, sinful desire for wealth and fame so as to be skimmed off. The "swamp" as it were, is a formidable environment to attempt to make farm-worthy. The talking heads will never be in a mind-state to repent and capitulate, much less join in!

Those who have read my comments already know of what must be deemed as a "defeatist" world-view. It is for the purpose of admitting failure, and facing facts that predominate and drive this "war" which we are blissfully ignorant of. Take, as a prime example, how Nazi Germany was "instructed" by its leader to fight to the end, regardless of a "no-chance to win" reality in 1945. The powers that surrounded and beat down that nation were obviously over-whelming and the imminent result was clearly seen aforetime. Yet Hitler commanded to resume fighting, using 10 year-olds to replace the fallen soldiers and defend the city.

How fitting of an analogy! Satan has commanded his "army" to continue the "fight" regardless of prophetic truth; how he will be eventually defeated and destroyed, yet he continues to battle against Christ and His angels. Depriving God's creation of nutrition and supplying them with junk food is a tactic and not coincidental. Every base he covers with his infamous evil, to do its dirty-work. Children, the most precious gift of God, are sacrificed on an alter made of lies; the medical profession. They are given to "Moloch" (Satan) to be burned alive in a sense, ritualistically speaking. We don't even have to open the ghastly book on abortion, to know that it is Satanic. Just look at the cover and know it is wickedly symbolic of hatred for mankind.

I often spend a great deal of verbiage on the above theme, but it is ever so worthy to take note of, in these days of diversionary tactics. Please take note.

As for our "stay" here, it is always a good thing to do whatever we can to grow some of our own food. To promote a community garden, or to just plant a little amount in a container, is a good start. Save your kitchen scraps for the compost bin or simply burry them next to the crop, is helpful. Never remove leaves or grass clippings from your residence. They are wonderful ground-cover (to prevent weeds and grass, and also to retain moisture, and feed the biological community in and below the layers.)

If anyone would like to find out more, Y.Tube is replete with the topic. Just keep it simple and enjoy the ease and peace that gardening brings.

Yours in the pursuit of peace through Jesus Christ and His promises of Redemption.

r

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I am glad you posted. Those who argue against chemicals seem to think there is a magic wand that will suddenly transform industry back to some type of Rosseauian fantasy. We already have an example of that in Sri Lanka. It doesn't work. It's like antibiotics. Everyone knows there has been undue reliance and unethical uses in animals but that doesn't erase the contributions.

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Brett Weinstein and Heather Heying say there are always trade-offs, nothing is perfect, and there are unintended consequences that need to be assessed via starting with a prototype. Question is who do we trust to assess those things, in terms of complex systems, who know what support might be necessary, how to transition in phases etc. We have a stupid death cult that doesn't realize it is a cult nor that it is stupid right now.

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Sister C.F.,

Our trust must be based on an experience with Truth. Here in this world, we are inundated with truths which expose the workings of the devices of the enemy which is Satan and every device he wields. That same truth is warred against by him, but the Truth WILL shine forth, it just needs to be manifested properly, which will happen, if we access the "well-spring" of Truth, the Bible.

The "trade-off?" The trade-off is to be slighted, shunned, deprived, demoted, persecuted in a wide range of degrees for nefarious reasons, and our lives "shot through" by the arrows of the enemy, aiming for our complete surrender or destruction.

But the God of heaven has over-seen and rules in this, His creation. He will eventually cause all of this wickedness and the "producers" of it to evaporate completely. That's just the beginning. He will also "save" to the uttermost, His faithful, trusting servants, who are not afraid of the consequences as listed, even unto death, and provide for them a NEW EARTH, created before their eyes, in which to dwell safely and wonderfully for all eternity, without the scourge of evil to mar its loveliness.

I'd call that a BARGAIN, the best I ever had! To use the lyric.

Ray

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You are absolutely right. There is no one size fits all and there are problems even after you accept the need to make some changes. Our food system is already stressed enough. This requires a great deal of though fullness and lots of hard work.

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I feel your pain Tony! I'm sure you've already considered it (and I know it's not easy)... but have you tried choosing a small section of your acreage and starting with just that section? I heard a great interview with a person recently who went through the process of converting his operation to regenerative. I think he mentioned it took several years and it was a lot of hard work. We grew beets, feed corn, soy beans, etc on our farm in the 1970s and we didn't use chemicals. But... it required hiring migrant labor to how the fields, etc. I'll never forget my parents talking about how excited they were to begin using RoundUp, etc because it would be so much easier. What we are trying to do now, it seems, is just go back to the way things used to be. We ran cows and so had a steady giant pile of manure cooking every year, etc. It was definitely a lot of work, but we were healthier and we were providing a superior product to what we have today. I hope you can figure it out and stay in business. Thanks for doing what you do. Don't give up! :)

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Almost every farm/ranch person I know must produce income from other sources than the farm/ranch to stay in business. All the people I am associated with borrow mountains of money to operate. It is not like we are all starting with a clean slate. We did not spray for weeds for two years. We mowed what was accessible to tractor and mower. By the third year our grass production was down by over half. We were forced to go back to spraying because it takes every head we own to produce enough income to keep interest and payments made. We overseeded pastures with legumes for those two years but the progress we made was lost when we went back to spraying because the spray kills legumes. In our case we are talking about a cattle operation that spans two counties ( over 100 miles apart) and comprises 3500 hundred acres in 25 different locations within those two counties. Half of it has trees and brambles of various kinds. Fighting the encroachment of brush is practically a full time job.

It is easy to cast stones, especially by those outside the agriculture industry. Even people like Joe Salatin, whom I have never met, and Kit Pharo, who I have met on several occasions are a little too cavalier about making the change to regenerative methods. By the way, my family has purchased $200,000 of the Pharo bulls in an effort to get better at utilizing the forage resources under our care. Change is not cheap!

I am simply pointing out the difficulties people like me face in attempting to do the right thing. I am also suggesting that I and my peers are not solely responsible for moving to a more sustainable agricultural future. The people we feed must also participate in.

We are committed to continuing our efforts. We will not be getting any help or encouragement from the globalist who want us out of business for good.

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And I was trying to encourage you! Don't kill the messenger when they are on your side and agree with you about it all! Good luck.

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Did not mean my response to appear directed toward you personally. You just raised more issues I wanted to respond to. This topic is getting the attention of people like the good doctor who penned the essay we are all responding to, Robert Malone and many others outside the Agriculture field. These are very smart people and they think they understand the issues. I believe it is important for people like me, people who are in the middle of this, to share our perspectives. Thank you for your support and God bless.

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It's very hard depending on your ranchland capabilities.

Issue that nobody wants to address is a programatic comparison of CAFO vs.

Range subsidies. Nobody

wants to gore those sacred cows.

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RFK Jr. is right on most issue, and the issue isn't even whether he's right, but that he's the only one with the integrity and intelligence to run the country. It is his and the country's bad luck that he has chosen to run for office at a time where courage, conviction, and competence are valued less by our culture than whether you support the group-think baked agenda or not, whatever group-think agenda you happen to identify with. When RFK Jr. or people like him -- people who are true leaders can be again elected, we'll have our country back. It's up to us to reclaim it. Or, we can continue to be played by the special interest groups into quarreling with one another and electing the next useless figurehead to office.

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I do hope RFK joins Trump in the fight for our country. If JFK were to become a real threat to the globalist he would receive the same treatment Trump has received. Few can take the beating!

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Or the bullets.

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Love RFKjr’s stance and hope he brings it to Trumps administration when we win!

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Honestly, I just love RFK Jr’s stance on everything, everything, but one:

Why is such an intelligent, ethical, well-rounded person supporting a hubristic, genocidal regime that dehumanises, dispossesses, detains, rapes, tortures and murders civilians?

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That tells you Kennedy has lousy character, stop falling for people that tell you what you want to hear.

There is nothing he could do to change anything if he did get in office, because of the senate and congress that will not go along with him.

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This is correct, the people must make the change, the power is too entrenched to be removed by voting or protest.

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This is a prerequisite for the presidential candidates to support Israel...

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Which makes them all unworthy, Israel should be disavowed and cut off entirely.

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Many farmers have come to believe that USDA stands for "US Destroying Agriculture" for many very good reasons.

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Too bad Kennedy can't stop supporting the genocide in Gaza.

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He is in favour of what Israel is doing there.

I think that amounts to support.

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In what way is he funding it?

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He didn't say funding he said "support", and frankly that any candidate has to support Israel to get elected should tell you the elections are worthless, a scam.

They are controlled by genocidal maniacs, and thieves.

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Is that your best excuse for failing to vote?

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"failing" I choose not to participate, but encourage others to do so until they too realize it makes no difference what so ever.

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If you won't provide feedback, it is hypocritical to complain.

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You're welcome to make up things to fit your narrative.

How ever if you vote, then you have no excuse to complain, as you got what you voted for.

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=if+you+vote+you+have+no+reason+to+complain&ia=web

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I heard RFK Jr was offering to give his support to Trump for a position in Trump's administration. But I also heard Trump just said he'd "consider" it. If RFK Jr is smart, he won't drop out until Trump publicly claims he will give him a position. Trump is given to speaking complimentarily without committing to anything.

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While ag-chemicals are both useful and some health hazards the problem is far more than black or white. EVERYTHING is hazardous in some dosage, including water. Without chemicals we wouldn't have city water treatment plants, etc.. I believe Microplastics and too many pesticides which become part of our everyday food chain (all plastic bottles, all metal can liners, food storage containers or all types, etal.) act as synthetic hormones should be FAR more important of problem than "climate change". Cancer rates for all ages are through the roof and mortality ages are declining fast. https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-casey-calley-means

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Glass is IMO safe to use all around. Amazing how many bottled waters get consumed in a day!

Ray

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Mr. Kennedy’s commitment to revitalizing America’s health is about more than expanding better farming practices — it’s about dismantling the corporate stranglehold on our food and health industries. He's the only one in our lifetimes who will fix this stranglehold.

Don't pay attention to the nay-sayers deployed by these industries to smear him with name-calling and untruths.

He can win. Ask everyone you know to listen to what he actually says, before it's too late: https://www.projectfalcon2025.com/

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Soil and Water, so basic, and SO critical for humanity to thrive, not just survive.

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Control the food supply control the citizens

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What about the WEF/UN affiliates and members that are influencing and likely paying for the destruction of food production using taxpayer money? How does Junior intend to neutralize them?

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The Mormons have purchased a lot of acreage in Nebraska to farm for their members (public too) they tend to be forward thinking prep wise and the person I spoke to felt the food would be "pure", I have no way currently of verifying that, but it sounds about right.

They also encourage their members to keep 6 months of food around, to stock up for any problems that may occur.

The person I spoke with is also gearing up for the near future, apparently they feel something big is coming down the pike, and I can't disagree with them on that.

You can look in your area for a "Bishops Storehouse" to see if their food is available to you too.

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Ugh I just can't with this guy nor his vp. Voting for another demon-rat is a HORRIBLE idea!

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I live on 3/4 acre of what was a SE Pennsylvania farm from 1700 until 1986. For 37 years now, I've been cultivating my 2750 sq. ft. vegetable garden. There are 35 properties on this once-farm parcel, each with 5/8 to 7/8 acre. For about 25 years I was the only one with any food growing. There are now 3 more, with tiny plots, but at least those three have begun. The rest are still focussed on their curb appeal. One curb-appeal neighbor told me that his wife won't buy anything unless it's "organic". To which, in my mind, I replied, "A lot of people have been fooling around with that label." I like knowing what's in my soil, and what's not in my soil. Cannot do full-on regenerative because livestock are not a possibility. Otherwise, it's armor on the ground and roots in the ground--and 3-4 crops per year from each bed. [The reason I can't raise livestock is that we spend about one week per month at another property in Maine, where I also have underway a not-tiny food-growing program.]

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Dear Brother in Christ,

That was a great piece! It's farmers like you who are doing the right thing. Yes, it's discouraging to be among the "curb-appealers" but that's life. I'm a bit confused over the term, "regenerative." Can I assume that the dung is needed for fertilizer in that system? If that is what you mean, then it might be helpful to simply use whatever you can scrape up from local ranchers and horse keepers. Personally, I lean toward phyto-based fertilizer, using just organic waste if it can be attained in quantity. Wood chips will break down in a couple years and also provide other benefits. Sometimes, a connection with a tree-trimming outfit can be obtained, and for little or no expense. The chips, when spread to a thickness of three or four inches eliminate grasses and weeds also.

'Probably preaching to the choir here, but not every farmer knows this.

In Christ,

Ray

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You are very kind. But I'm just an (intensive) back yard gardener; cannot qualify as a farmer (unless on a nano scale). "Regenerative agriculture" is that to which I referred--you might check out Gabe Brown's videos on this. I have been doing weed ferments also, for the last year--a tea ready to use in 6 weeks, rather than having to wait a year for the compost pile to effect the break-down. I assigned a 20-gal. trash can to the purpose, stretched a piece of fiberglas screen over the top to discourage mosquito breeding. Also for the last two years have been fertilizing solely with urine, as soil tests showed N the only element needed, and blood meal sets me back $136 per 50# bag. Have noted that since starting this "home-grown nitrogen" project, that cole crops no longer suffer from cabbage loopers, and beets show no leaf miner damage. Yes, I use wood chips; have run out, but cannot take any more at present because the "pile space" is taken up by the truckload of mushroom soil delivered last Thanksgiving.

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The food issue is huge; thanks for sharing this. We need to think of a food commons, where producing food is foundational to mutual aid and solidarity. Building awareness about the food system can help liberate from the corporate capture of the industry Kennedy is taking on. A natural food system not plagued by toxins is a tall order but doable, I think...if we have a real grass roots effort??

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How can unfunded, disliked citizenry face the food "industry" without the support of regulatory agencies? It gets worse. The "regulatory agencies" are infiltrated and COLLECTIVELY engaged in the destruction of people's rights and health. How does one expect to ever survive in a battle so lopsided?

In Christ, there is the hope of Salvation, but there is no promise of the world here and now, in these "last days" for its temporal reconciliation, where the bad guys lose and the good guys win. That hope is relegated to the future, but while here, we can and should engage in the spread of the Truth, which includes promoting healthful practices.

R.

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