It’s been a while since I’ve posted on here, but thought some people might appreciate this. 🙂. 
Debriefing of the 2023 Rogue Food Conference. After my first post I was asked if I would share some takeaways from the event. I figured if one person was curious then maybe others would be so here it goes.
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Community is super important. This has been a theme in my life for the past couple of years, but this event highlighted it again. Joel Salatin even talked about how lonely it can be sometimes being “rogue”.
He often talks about the lunatic fringe. This event reminded me that there are others out there and it’s important to find your tribe.
An Amish farmer by the name of Amos Miller spoke about his ongoing fight against the federal government. He was raided by the FDA for selling meat that was not inspected to his Private Membership Association (PSA).
Other speakers were John Moody (author/ farmer and food freedom activist) and Max Kane founder (Farm Match). Both have really cool stories. These guys have fought the government on food freedom issues and won.
Congressman Thomas Massie was also there. I’m a pretty apolitical libertarian kind of guy, but he is the only politician that I trust. He has introduced a food freedom bill called the “Prime Act” that is worth looking into. PRIME- (Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act). Basically this bill amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to expand the exemption of custom slaughtering of animals from federal inspection requirements.
The general consensus among all of the speakers was that non compliance is the most effective tool we have. The question is how far are we willing to go to push that line. It was an amazing event and motivated me in a many ways.
Hey Jordan. This weekend packed a lot of info in, but here are a few takeaways.
Community is super important. This has been a theme in my life for the past couple of years, but this event highlighted it again. Joel Salatin even talked about how lonely it can be sometimes being “rogue”.
He often talks about the lunatic fringe. This event reminded me that there are others out there and it’s important to find your tribe.
An Amish farmer by the name of Amos Miller spoke about his ongoing fight against the federal government. He was raided by the FDA for selling meat that was not inspected to his Private Membership Association (PSA).
Other speakers were John Moody (author/ farmer and food freedom activist) and Max Kane founder (Farm Match). Both have really cool stories. These guys have fought the government on food freedom issues and won.
Congressman Thomas Massie was also there. I’m a pretty apolitical libertarian kind of guy, but he is the only politician that I trust. He has introduced a food freedom bill called the “Prime Act” that is worth looking into. PRIME- (Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act). Basically this bill amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to expand the exemption of custom slaughtering of animals from federal inspection requirements.
The general consensus among all of the speakers was that non compliance is the most effective tool we have. The question is how far are we willing to go to push that line. It was an amazing event and motivated me in a many ways.
Sure. I’ll see what I can do. The 2021 Rogue Food event was packed full of stories and information. I’m sure there will be some good stuff to share.
Polyface is amazing to visit just for a tour. We’ve been fortunate to visit multiple times for just a tour and special events as well. Never gets old.
Heading to the 2023 Rogue Food Conference at Polyface Farm. Two days of talks about food freedom. Stoked!
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We bought 4 quarts of fresh strawberries from the local farmers market yesterday. Most of them went straight into the dehydrator. Tasty snack with a long shelf life.
#grownostr. #localfood
This is what freedom looks like. We’re a little behind this year, but so happy to get some plants in the ground.
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Checking out Nostr and the Damus app. First post. Anything to support free speech or freedom in general.
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