A great read by a great human being. Like many of us in the MAHA camp, Sina suffered a profound health crisis that ultimately led her to her diet for a cure. She tells her story in detail in this book. Food is medicine. It's also liberty!
Always good to learn more about what we are putting into our bodies. It is insane that we have all become so trusting…and sad that we have to be so vigilant against food manufacturers that are literally killing us, and a government that happily allows it. You can rest assured, the manufacturers don’t eat what they poison.
To all those sellouts to humanity like Tony Lyon here who wish to get Trump re-elected: this is what Robert Kennedy Jr. wrote before becoming a part of the MAGA camp: (emphases his; posted Oct5 2023)
"Just to quell any speculation, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES will I join Donald Trump on an electoral ticket. Our positions on certain fundamental issues, out approaches to governance, and out philosophies of leadership could not be further apart"
That's clear enough. So what the fuck is he doing there in this putrid government. Did he change? Or is this a compromise? Did he explain his sellout adequately ?
My position as a Democrat- in- spirit is , well, as long as he is there, let's make the most of it. But Tony Lyons and all you fucking sellouts to Trump Light Fascism , overall Democrats should govern even if RFK Jr's agenda should be scrapped. OVERALL, Democrats do more good for American society.
With respect to the worldwide food system and its twisted grotesque uncecological food creation, , here is a new book about this aspect of our fucked up world:
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We Are Eating the Earth: The Race to Fix Our Food System and Save Our Climate Hardcover – July 1 2025
by Michael Grunwald (Author)
From the author of New York Times bestseller The New New Deal, a groundbreaking piece of reportage from the trenches of the next climate war: the fight to fix our food system.
Humanity has cleared a land mass the size of Asia plus Europe to grow food, and our food system generates a third of our carbon emissions. By 2050, we’re going to need a lot more calories to fill nearly 10 billion bellies, but we can’t feed the world without frying it if we keep tearing down an acre of rainforest every six seconds. We are eating the earth, and the greatest challenge facing our species will be to slow our relentless expansion of farmland into nature. Even if we quit fossil fuels, we’ll keep hurtling towards climate chaos if we don’t solve our food and land problems.
In this rollicking, shocking narrative, Grunwald shows how the world, after decades of ignoring the climate problem at the center of our plates, has pivoted to making it worse, embracing solutions that sound sustainable but could make it even harder to grow more food with less land. But he also tells the stories of the dynamic scientists and entrepreneurs pursuing real solutions, from a jungle-tough miracle crop called pongamia to genetically-edited cattle embryos, from Impossible Whoppers to a non-polluting pesticide that uses the technology behind the COVID vaccines to constipate beetles to death. It’s an often infuriating saga of lobbyists, politicians, and even the scientific establishment making terrible choices for humanity, but it’s also a hopeful account of the people figuring out what needs to be done—and trying to do it.
Michael Grunwald, bestselling author of The Swamp and The New New Deal, builds his narrative around a brilliant, relentless, unforgettable food and land expert named Tim Searchinger. He chronicles Searchinger’s uphill battles against bad science and bad politics, both driven by the overwhelming influence of agricultural interests. And he illuminates a path that could save our planetary home for ourselves and future generations—through better policy, technology, and behavior, as well as a new land ethic recognizing that every acre matters.
“MAHA unleashes on White House after Trump backs pesticide” via Marcia Brown and Cheyenne Haslett of POLITICO — Trump’s executive order promoting production of a widely used herbicide is threatening to blow up a coalition that played a key role in his 2024 election victory. Make America Healthy Again activists brought into the Republican fold by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are furious over Trump’s move to ensure adequate supplies of the herbicide glyphosate, a prime target of their efforts to crack down on toxic chemicals that they argue are killing Americans. “I’m witnessing the bottom falling out on MAHA,” MAHA influencer Kelly Ryerson, who goes by the moniker “Glyphosate Girl” online, said. “People came along on MAHA because of pesticides and foods. It wasn’t because of vaccines.
A great read by a great human being. Like many of us in the MAHA camp, Sina suffered a profound health crisis that ultimately led her to her diet for a cure. She tells her story in detail in this book. Food is medicine. It's also liberty!
Have you read up on SOT for Lyme?
John -- Please read this article.
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/february-22-2026?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Always good to learn more about what we are putting into our bodies. It is insane that we have all become so trusting…and sad that we have to be so vigilant against food manufacturers that are literally killing us, and a government that happily allows it. You can rest assured, the manufacturers don’t eat what they poison.
Hear, hear, Sina! I've long voted with my wallet, and encouraged everyone to do the same. As consumers, we are more powerful than many people realize.
And OFF TOPIC:
To all those sellouts to humanity like Tony Lyon here who wish to get Trump re-elected: this is what Robert Kennedy Jr. wrote before becoming a part of the MAGA camp: (emphases his; posted Oct5 2023)
"Just to quell any speculation, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES will I join Donald Trump on an electoral ticket. Our positions on certain fundamental issues, out approaches to governance, and out philosophies of leadership could not be further apart"
That's clear enough. So what the fuck is he doing there in this putrid government. Did he change? Or is this a compromise? Did he explain his sellout adequately ?
My position as a Democrat- in- spirit is , well, as long as he is there, let's make the most of it. But Tony Lyons and all you fucking sellouts to Trump Light Fascism , overall Democrats should govern even if RFK Jr's agenda should be scrapped. OVERALL, Democrats do more good for American society.
With respect to the worldwide food system and its twisted grotesque uncecological food creation, , here is a new book about this aspect of our fucked up world:
( AMAZON SYNPOSIS)
We Are Eating the Earth: The Race to Fix Our Food System and Save Our Climate Hardcover – July 1 2025
by Michael Grunwald (Author)
From the author of New York Times bestseller The New New Deal, a groundbreaking piece of reportage from the trenches of the next climate war: the fight to fix our food system.
Humanity has cleared a land mass the size of Asia plus Europe to grow food, and our food system generates a third of our carbon emissions. By 2050, we’re going to need a lot more calories to fill nearly 10 billion bellies, but we can’t feed the world without frying it if we keep tearing down an acre of rainforest every six seconds. We are eating the earth, and the greatest challenge facing our species will be to slow our relentless expansion of farmland into nature. Even if we quit fossil fuels, we’ll keep hurtling towards climate chaos if we don’t solve our food and land problems.
In this rollicking, shocking narrative, Grunwald shows how the world, after decades of ignoring the climate problem at the center of our plates, has pivoted to making it worse, embracing solutions that sound sustainable but could make it even harder to grow more food with less land. But he also tells the stories of the dynamic scientists and entrepreneurs pursuing real solutions, from a jungle-tough miracle crop called pongamia to genetically-edited cattle embryos, from Impossible Whoppers to a non-polluting pesticide that uses the technology behind the COVID vaccines to constipate beetles to death. It’s an often infuriating saga of lobbyists, politicians, and even the scientific establishment making terrible choices for humanity, but it’s also a hopeful account of the people figuring out what needs to be done—and trying to do it.
Michael Grunwald, bestselling author of The Swamp and The New New Deal, builds his narrative around a brilliant, relentless, unforgettable food and land expert named Tim Searchinger. He chronicles Searchinger’s uphill battles against bad science and bad politics, both driven by the overwhelming influence of agricultural interests. And he illuminates a path that could save our planetary home for ourselves and future generations—through better policy, technology, and behavior, as well as a new land ethic recognizing that every acre matters.
“MAHA unleashes on White House after Trump backs pesticide” via Marcia Brown and Cheyenne Haslett of POLITICO — Trump’s executive order promoting production of a widely used herbicide is threatening to blow up a coalition that played a key role in his 2024 election victory. Make America Healthy Again activists brought into the Republican fold by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are furious over Trump’s move to ensure adequate supplies of the herbicide glyphosate, a prime target of their efforts to crack down on toxic chemicals that they argue are killing Americans. “I’m witnessing the bottom falling out on MAHA,” MAHA influencer Kelly Ryerson, who goes by the moniker “Glyphosate Girl” online, said. “People came along on MAHA because of pesticides and foods. It wasn’t because of vaccines.
WTF --- he brought in RFK -- and then approves glyphosate?
Wonderful article. Thank you.