TTT 4 - Glyphosate Propaganda. Farm Stand Story. Pod Clip.
Triple Threat Thursday. Showcasing laughable propaganda examples. A story about a woman who's never taken birth control. A banger pod clip. Book a call with me.
Greetings from New Hampshire. Let’s dive in.
Hilarious Glyphosate Propaganda
I searched “what is glyphosate” on Google, genuinely interested in learning more about the pesticide, anti-biotic and chelator, that is in our food and bodies. It’s a toxin that rakes in billions for a megacorp. The propaganda presented by Google is laughable. You can’t make this stuff up.
Let’s look at the first two photos presented by Google and '“CropLife Australia” to get “the facts”
Glyphosate poses the same risk as Eating red meat and Drinking hot beverages.
And poses less risk than… SUNLIGHT. ????
A literal patented anti-biotic whose purpose is to kill life, poses less risk than sunlight, which created all life on earth.
I’m not even going to take this seriously. Not even a gullible child would buy this, I hope. The people who made and promote this propaganda are attempting to deceive.
Is anyone falling for this?
Watch out for glyphosate, it’s most potent in wheat (cereal, bread, pasta), oats, soy (soybeans), lentils, chickpeas and non-organic fruits and vegetables.
And in RoundUp, obviously.
To learn more about glyphosate, I recommend the book Toxic Legacy by Stephanie Sennef, PhD - an MIT research scientist. The book is loaded with citations and links to scientific studies. It’s not just silly graphics about working as a hairdresser.
Caloric Procurement
I wish I got her name, for memory filing purposes. She struck me as a woman who’s never been on birth control. Probably a Rachel.
Ok here’s the story.
I am improving my probability of a good future by forging relationships with local organic farmers. Food is important to me.
I was at Benedikt Dairy, a farm on a hill just 19 minutes from downtown. This place is one of the reasons I moved here. They have a self-service food store in a cozy room inside a red barn. I greeted the baby cow on my way in. The oak door has a leather strap for handle. The creaking is phenomenal. The smells are metabolic.
There was a boy carrying a milk crate of ice creams. I held the door for him. I asked “do you work here?”
“Yes I do.”
“How big is the operation?”
“Oh not that big, we’re a smaller dairy. We milk about 50 gallons per day and there’s about 25 acres of vegetables across 75 acres.”
A young woman walks in.
“Is it a family business?” I asked.
“It’s her parents.” He said pointing.
“Oh cool, well ya’ll are doing a great job.”
“Oh thank you.” The young woman said with a subtle smile.
She’s tall and fit with patched jeans and a ponytail down to her waist.
They finished their ice cream stocking and exited. As I approached the checkout, another woman walked in and started working in the meat freezer.
“Do you work here too?” I asked.
“Yes I do.”
“Well thank you, I love this place”
She’s pleasantly surprised.
“Sometimes I think about telling people about it but then I decide to keep it a secret.”
“Tell everyone about it!” a shopper said.
The working woman laughed and agreed. “Yeah tell everyone. We have so many strawberries. I picked so many yesterday so tell everyone.”
“Five years ago I lived at a house that had garden space. I planted four strawberry plants and two years later they’d taken over the whole garden!”
“Yeah they spread like crazy and the birds love them. I go to war with the birds.”
“How could I learn more about this… like farming.”
“Hmm… well I just learned by working here.”
“I’d be down.”
“I’m not sure we’re hiring right now but a girl is leaving in a few weeks to go to school to further her education or something lame.
“I wouldn’t be able to do full-time.”
“That’s the beauty of farming.,, more hands makes less work.”
“Right.”
“I went to Texas A and M and fell in love with dairy cows. Then I moved up here where there’s like three dairy cows but that’s ok I got a job here and fell in love with the vegetables.”
“That’s beautiful. . . who should I contact?”
“Max and his wife are the owners.”
“Do they have a daughter?”
“Yeah!”
“I think I just met her.”
“Yeah with the long hair. Call Max here’s his phone number. And I'm going to tell him you’re going to call.”
“Awesome, thank you.”
“Have a good one.”
I wish you could see this woman. She looks like she’s never been on birth control.
So real and true. Strong, too. I had zero intrusive thoughts during this conversation. So balanced and authentic.
I walked out with my yogurt and strawberries. I’m shocked how well that went.
I forgot to get her name. Dang it.
Rachel or Alex if I had to guess. Could be a Lauren. I’ll find out. I gotta call Max.
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