S 510: The Crisis, the Attack, the Kill

In this three-part series, Food Chain Radio host Michael Olson interviews key people in the food freedom movement. From gun-blazing bureaucrats who attack small food producers to legislation like S 510 which threatens to hyper-regulate whole food operators out of business, Olson questions guests about government motives, who’s behind the legislation, and where the crisis really lies.

Olson notes that the U.S. “has a serious food safety crisis, and so its agents, with guns drawn and warrants in hand, are breaking down the doors of the little people who sell food to their neighbors. But wait… which is in crisis: local food or industrial food?”

A quarter of the US – 76 million people – are sickened each year by foodborne diseases, and 5,200 die from them, David Gumpert wrote in the The Raw Milk Revolution. Tracing outbreaks back to the original source is difficult and sometimes impossible for health authorities. But, in these interviews, in recent films, and in books, we learn that industrial food is to blame for the vast majority of people who become ill or die.*

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