Small Batch, Made to Order by a Veteran Owned Business
Your favorite “local” burger place? It might actually be a Big Food ghost kitchen in disguise, operating out of anonymous warehouses. Corporate food giants are saturating cities with fake “local” restaurants through delivery apps, gutting authentic small businesses and local food scenes. Cities serious about their food economies and residents serious about their health must […]
Utah just doubled down on wellness, launching the “Make America Healthy Again” initiative to tackle obesity, chronic disease, and poor nutrition head-on. Backed by state leaders, the campaign promotes local agriculture, healthier food access, and active living policies, essentially taking on the industrial food complex directly. You know, things anyone can support as long as […]
Global sugar production is hitting record highs, up nearly 5% worldwide, thanks to bumper crops in Brazil, India, and Thailand. For candy and soda makers, it’s a jackpot. But for public health advocates, it’s a disaster. Cheaper sugar means even cheaper junk food flooding cities, exacerbating the obesity epidemic and chronic disease crisis already gripping […]
Everything’s bigger in Texas, including our appetite for veteran-grown food. Turns out America’s farms are full of former fighters – over 370,000 agricultural producers have served in the Armed Forces, operating 17% of all U.S. farms and generating $41 billion in sales. That’s right: the folks who once ran missions are now running tractors, and they’re […]
The The New York Times recently sounded alarms about conflicts of interest in studies that say red meat isn’t so bad – essentially claiming Big Beef is skewing science. Critics quickly fired back that we “never see similar reporting on studies promoting plant-based foods”, pointing out a one-sided media appetite for anti-meat narratives. Indeed, the […]
The food industry’s chemical fiesta is getting kicked out of school cafeterias – at least in Utah. Governor Spencer Cox signed a law banning a list of artificial additives from all public school meals. Say goodbye to Red Dye No. 3, Yellow No. 5, Blue No. 1 & 2, and a bunch of other lab-concocted […]
Across America, small farmers and food freedom fans are asking a simple question: Why can’t we buy milk straight from the cow? In North Carolina, a bipartisan push is on to legalize raw milk sales, ending a long-standing ban on unpasteurized dairy. Supporters argue it’s downright hypocritical – you can slurp down raw oysters or […]
An Indigenous-led group in Maine is literally taking food sovereignty into its own hands by reclaiming 245 acres of farmland for Wabanaki farming and culture. The nonprofit Niweskok (“From Stars to Seeds”) raised $1.8 million to buy a former horse farm in Waldo County, aiming to turn it into a hub for growing traditional crops […]
Sevierville, Tennessee is hosting its annual Bloomin’ BBQ & Bluegrass Festival, and the economic recipe is as savory as the pulled pork. This weekend, dozens of top pitmaster teams from across the country will descend on Dolly Parton’s hometown to smoke over 2,800 pounds of meat in a quest for the state BBQ championship. We’re […]
After decades of churning out processed food-like substances, America is now reaping the health disaster it sowed. Our leading causes of death – heart disease, diabetes, certain cancers – are largely diet-driven chronic diseases, not random bad luck. Ultra-processed foods make up 58% of the American diet, and they’re directly linked to higher rates of […]