So, for a few weeks a storm has been brewing in the MAHA/small farm/health food space.You see, MAHA has a problem. People want healthy food... but many have no idea how to tell what healthy food is.So... a slew of new solutions - apps - stepped in to...

Today is always a somber day for me.For most, it’s just another day as they warm up for Memorial Day.But for me and my family?It’s the day the KY HD - most likely under pressure from the feds - raided the buying club I started in Louisville, KY and t...

A few years ago, Joel dropped me (John) an email. It was a forward/reply to another email from someone I hadn't heard of before... some fellow by the name of Dr. Eric Berg. He wanted to understand more about why real food was so hard to get, why th...

Next week is our first even Great Plains Rogue, up in Rapid City, SD. The focus this event is farming, food, and... finance. We have great talks planned from Joel Salatin, Shad Sullivan, Susan Luachess, Steve Campbell, Bart Carmichael, Nick Kosko, E...

Morning friends,The holidays are fast approaching. Our pastured turkey is dry brining in the fridge. Sourdough sits on our counter, looking forward to its date with the oven in the morning. We are sure you are also busy we your holiday preparatio...

It's a question often asked - as more and more real food and health products businesses get bought up or sell out and suddenly aren't so real or healthy anymore, or otherwise as they grow fall below their original standards and mission, can you build...

A family we are friends with have decided to get out of farming just a week or so ago. They just couldn't make it work anymore. Who can? It's a good question. Can farms make it anymore, especially farms that aren't subsidized by public or private m...

The USDA is back to its usual antics... a common theme among local and regional butchers processors we know and use ourselves - including Joel's shop - is that the USDA loves to spend its time and resources harassing small butcher shops. For years,...

There's a lot going on in food and farming right now. A ban on cattle imports from Mexico because of the screw worm outbreak.Some artificial and synesthetic dyes being removed from the US food supply.A new possible surgeon general whose family openly...

Huge food freedom bill in Indiana passed their house 90-1 in favor.Awesome egg and poultry bills in Kentucky moving along. All across the nation folks are pushing to restore farm and food freedom... and winning. So, we have been pretty busy behind t...