Nourishing Liberty - Page 3 of 12 - On Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Real Food

Collusion

by Bernadette Barber, Virginia Food Freedom | 1 comment

Collusion (kə-lo͞oˈzhən) NOUN A secret agreement for a deceitful purpose. When industry controls the government the truth is hard to see. I believe it is important to consider how the “other” side works and to name names. If we don’t see how the machine works, how can...

It Is Not OK Right Now

by Liz Reitzig | 1 comment

I am saddened by what I witness in the world. Silent pictures tell stories of refugee children, some with shards of shrapnel in their delicate bodies, all of whom have lost everything they’ve ever known. I see my children in those faces tortured by anguish and I want...

It’s Time for the Prime Act #freethefarmers

by Bernadette Barber, Virginia Food Freedom | 0 comments

Congressman Rob Wittman has signed onto a bill that will encourage more local production and processing of meat in Virginia. The PRIME Act, H.R. 3187 (Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption), was introduced by U.S. Representatives Thomas Massie ( R-KY). If...

Is it Thanksgiving? Thank a farmer :)

by Liz Reitzig | 4 comments

“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”– Teddy Roosevelt I run a buying club for local, GMO-free foods produced on clean, sustainable farms. This work often brings me to the farm. I was...

Food Security in a Sea of Choices

by Liz Reitzig | 2 comments

Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” When governments use force against peaceful people to deny them food security, it is right to peacefully stand in resistance. Food scarcity is foreign to many Americans. We have...

Canadian Government Slaughters Healthy Sheep, Shepherdess Faces prison

by Liz Reitzig | 9 comments

2012 Case Reaches Court, Shepherdess and Farmers on Trial Montana Jones began her career as a Shepherdess in the hills of Ontario, Canada raising a rare and special breed, Shropshire. She lived the hard life of a famer but enjoyed the idyllic setting and her...

Cost vs Value: A Christmas Tree and High-value Systems—What I Learned

by Liz Reitzig | 0 comments

I run a farm-to-consumer buying club and recently had a (very pleasant) exchange with a customer who was questioning some of the policies. That got me thinking about the bigger picture of the buying club, my expectations of the farmers, the customers, and myself....

Mulberry Feet

by Liz Reitzig | 1 comment

A few weeks ago the tree on the side of the yard started dripping with ripe mulberries. I smiled as I remembered the excited faces last year of children wanting to pick the berries and eat them. Every year, the children delight in plucking the ripe fruit within their...