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August 28, 2024
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Check this video out before proceeding. https://www.facebook.com/share... I remember seeing this show as a kid. It was very amusing. Today, knowing what all that is and seeing the results of it, not so amusing now. Was this a warning or comically desensitizing us? This got me thinking on this topic so bear with me for a moment this might get long connecting the dots. We have more pharma in our bodies than ever before. While also being the unhealthiest generation than ever before. Let’s just look at “The Greatest Generation” and back. Why is it that we have WW2 vets living to be 90 or 100+? Out living their kids and grandkids who die from cancers, heart diseases etc… in their 50’s, 60’s & 70’s. Then their great-grand kids onward are suffering from issues that didn’t even exist or weren’t as prevalent then like food allergies, asthma, autism, infertility, ADHD, cancers, diabetes…. etc. What is the cause of this decline in health? What variables have changed when comparing the differences in generations? What keeps standing out is less exposure to pharma from food consumption and less jabs in the arm as a child…. O man, this is about to hit some trigger points. Let’s start with food consumption: It’s got a lot of factors where pharma is present. Everything that the WW2 generations and back grew up on was natural, whole, single ingredient foods with no man made additives. They didn’t grow up with processed foods, food dyes, preservatives, MSGs, hydrogenated vegetable oils, added sugars, high fructose corn syrup, margarine …etc. Today a lot of the things they consumed or was exposed to are government agencies and PHD health experts tell us are bad. For example, raw milk, animal fats, salt, eggs and even the sun. Really??? Who’s living to be 90+. This is why the homesteading movement is growing so rapidly. We just don’t trust the food in the stores anymore nor the recommendations from the health “experts”. In 2020, when we saw how fragile our food system really is because of the collapse of the food chain. This really exploded the homesteading movement and a desire to re-learn from the past. Pharma in the animals we eat: After WW2 gave rise to industrial agriculture. The animals were taking out of natural environments and confined into feedlots and houses. This created an unhealthy and unsanitary living condition which compromises the immune system of the animals. We increased quantity but at what cost? Commercial chicken house growers fear goose turds dropping on their farm and infecting an entire house with avian flu. You can’t live in your toilet and expect to be healthy and clean. Before flushable toilets and sanitary sewer systems humans threw their poo buckets out in the city streets. Look at what all diseases and deaths came from that. The same concept applies to animals. So what’s the solution to deal with these sick, immune comprised animals? You guessed it, pharma. This is why 2/3 of all antibiotics use in world is in farm animals. We then consume those animals and those antibiotics. Speaking as someone who is, this is why there is a rise in antibiotic resistances. Pharma in the crops we eat. Since the 90’s for the first time in human history we are consuming foods whose genetic makeup has been altered in some way. I’m not talking about genetic modification through natural selection. Which has been done since the beginning of time. I’m talking about man playing God in a petri dish and taking genes from one plant or animal and inserting into another of a different species. Something that would not have occurred naturally. How has this effected our health? Could this be why food allergies are on a rise? Why are so many people becoming sensitive to foods and seeking soy free, gluten free & corn free options? Is it just coincidental that all three of these food items corn, soy and wheat are GMOs? None of these where issues generations ago. Did that WW2 vet have carry gluten free MREs storming the beach on D-Day? Since we have crossed the GMO line it has opened the door now to synthetic lab grown meats and produce. This fake food cannot possibly be good for us. Today our foods contain more synthetic and chemical fertilizers than they did generations ago - that’s more pharma. Since the 90’s crops have been genetically modified to be resistant to the weed killer glyphosate. According to the EPA in 2020, 280 million pounds of glyphosate was used on 298 million acres of crop land. It takes 3 years for the chemical compound to break down. It’s been used so much that it is everywhere. It’s in the food we eat, the water we drink and the cloths we wear. It doesn’t matter if you live on fast food chains and processed foods or a health conscience foodie going by the 80:20 rule watching what you eat at home but partaking in a burger & shake in town periodically, or you’re an all organic, grow your own food on an off grid homestead somewhere. We all regardless of life style choice have one thing in common if it’s not food than its water consumption. Everyone of us if we peed in a cup and got it tested would have glyphosate present in our urine. How is this effecting our health? There’s study out there linking high glyphosate exposure to cancers, kidney issues and disrupting gut health. O yea, lets not forget about forever chemicals and micro plastics present in our food and water. The jabs…. Just a little thought here since this one is so controversial. A child in the 1940’s would receive around 4 jabs. This increased over the generations. Todays, jab schedule is 50+. That’s a whole lot of pharma for those little bodies. Why so many? Whose lived to be 90+ again without any of the health issues effecting the generations of today. Why is it among Millennials this is a common question, what infertility specialist did you use? Who prescribes your Adderall? I conclude with this - is any these issues related to excessive pharma exposure? is it cause and effect or is it just coincidental? We shouldn’t be settling for this as normalcy. We need to be looking into what is causing these issues. Whether its what’s stated above or something else. However, I firmly believe the issues lies within our diet and what’s present in it. It’s the only variable that’s constant among us all and has changed generationally. Related video.
Life Lately We are in the busy season – a farmer always stays busy but when springtime hits everything is thrown into overdrive. If you follow along on social media and watch our stories, you know we’ve had a few setbacks this past week. From busted tires to busted waterlines, we almost feel like we’re treading the water left by said busted waterline. Thankfully those days are outnumbered by the good days and we can try to laugh at it and count it all joy. The boys and I spent a few days last week planting seeds around yard. From wildflowers to other types of flowers and vegetables. We’re ready for warm to come and stay for the season! We still have a few bigger projects to wrap up on the house garden side of things, and then we’ll be able to plant the rest of what we have planned to get in the ground this year. What do you have in store for planting this season? The Meat Chickens We’ll start out this animal update with the long-awaited meat chickens aka meat birds. They went on pasture on Monday and will live their best lives in the on green grasses with fresh air for the next month. When will ERF pasture raised chicken FINALLY be back in stock? We’re shooting for the third week in May so mark your calendars! It’s wild to think that May will be here before we know it… it seems like ages ago we sold out of our pastured chicken and like the time would never come. We’re ready too! The Cow& Sheep Crew The gang sure is loving the green grasses and great pasture they’re getting now. We have worked hard on fencing around the farm the past year and a half, and have finally gotten to a point where our paddocks are easier to lay out which makes it easier on us in the long run. We aim for 2-3 days tops per paddock. This allows the grass time to bounce back for when they’ll be back around to that paddock. They eat too low; it has a harder time recovering. To help break the parasite cycles, they don’t go back to a paddock before it’s had a month’s rest. With the new fencing we’ve put in place, we’ve been able to break bigger areas up into smaller paddocks that allow even longer rest than that before they’re back in an area they’ve already been in. Locust Fort, our ram, has a few more weeks in with the girls before he gets taken out to allow us a certain window for lambing. The weaned ewes will go back in the rotation with everyone else to learn the new system. The Pigs The 2024 batch of pigs are in and they are coming along great. Our main goal when we get a new group of piglets in is getting them use to us. This makes it easier to move them or call them in if some were to get out for some reason (been there). They have been enjoying Clora’s milk (they get any we don’t keep and the skim milk from making butter, as well as any whey from making cheese) and they are ready now to start the rotations through their paddocks. Our goal is to get them moved next week. We’ve got a great selection of pork in stock now but we’re running low and won’t be back in stock until the fall so don’t miss out! Honeybees It’s officially swarm season and that means we’re on the lookout for swarms of bees around the pastures. We caught the first one of the year last week. It was an easy catch, thankfully they had landed on a low branch right next to one of our hive areas. We were able to get them in a box and settled in in no time. With the temps warming up even more in the next week, we anticipate more to show up. More bees means more honey for you this fall!
