Tag Archives: real food

Show’s Over, Move Along

Posted on June 14, 2015 by dcarmack

Yesterday at three we concluded our very first live workshop on the why’s and how’s of fermenting foods at the Dew Yahs shop in Parkville, MO. It was really nice to be in the front of so many people that … Continue reading →

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It’s Not A War, It’s a Migration

Posted on May 25, 2015 by dcarmack

What is happening is not a ‘War on Big Food’, it is a migration back to real food. They cannot buy us back. Continue reading →

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Multiple Themes

Posted on April 18, 2015 by dcarmack

This morning I read on Nina Teicholz’s book website, “TheBigFat Surprise.com”, a complete blow-by-blow takedown of the advice that Doctor Dean Ornish put forth in his New York Times op-ed from about a month ago. At that time I had written … Continue reading →

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Unsustainable, Sustainable

Posted on April 18, 2015 by dcarmack

Modern farming is unsustainable. It costs more to raise corn and soy that a farmer can get at market prices. If it were not for the welfare of the Federal government, farmers would all go broke the first year. 2 … Continue reading →

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Truer Words Were Never Spoken

Posted on April 13, 2015 by dcarmack

This headline could have been the tagline for my favorite book concerning dietary science and the history of dietary recommendations in the US, “The Big Fat Surprise”– Nutritional Science Isn’t Very Scientific In the online magazine Slate this morning they … Continue reading →

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Ain’t Democracy Great?

Posted on March 30, 2015 by dcarmack

Most of the time it doesn’t matter in the slightest what you or I, as individuals, think about an issue. Sometimes an issue comes along that proves that it doesn’t even matter if we all agree on an issue, it … Continue reading →

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Selling Convenience

Posted on March 28, 2015 by dcarmack

More than half of the problem with the foods we eat in the US stem from the market’s attempts to make everything convenient for us. Convenience is a way to add value to foods, value meaning profit in this case. … Continue reading →

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Pay The Minimum

Posted on March 25, 2015 by dcarmack

Living in a dirt-floored hut with no running water or toilet facilities…no bed to sleep on…no pay for months until the boss says the job is done…necessities for sale a the company store for many times their street value to … Continue reading →

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Naturally Better

Posted on March 21, 2015 by dcarmack

You can’t beat natural. In this case, the topic is human mother’s milk. Today in the New York Times is an article “Breast Milk Becomes a Commodity”. Apparently human milk is something that is unmatchable in it’s ability to help … Continue reading →

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Getting Heads

Posted on March 17, 2015 by dcarmack

Until earlier this month it never occurred to me that I was missing out on anything at mealtime, as far as the main entree was concerned. I know where to get good steaks, chops, ribs, briskets, poultry, etc. I know how … Continue reading →

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