Comments on: Health-Bent Umbrella http://www.health-bent.com/blog/health-bent-umbrella Paleo Diet recipes that don't look or taste like dog food. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:50:26 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ChrisB http://www.health-bent.com/blog/health-bent-umbrella/comment-page-1#comment-5026 ChrisB Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:47:51 +0000 http://www.health-bent.com/?p=232#comment-5026 Nice job with your umbrella guys. Farming, specifically farming that produces grain and dairy is big business and whether we like it or not, is apart of the American culture and history. I don't think the government will ever get away from pushing grains and dairy in it's nutrition message. Too much money, too many lobbyists, too many jobs are in existence because of these industries. In 2007, there were 2.2 million farms in this country. Of those, a little over 787K were dedicated to corn, soybeans and wheat, 36%. Just over $50 billion dollars in sales in one year. That's Billion with a B. Add dairy farms (90K) and you have 877K farms or 43% of the total. The only way we can influence change is to do what you guys are doing and ultimately "vote" with your wallet when you go to the grocery store (or don't go at all if you are so inclined). I grew up on a dairy farm (drinking whole, unprocessed milk and still do from time to time), hold a fondness for the farmers and even though I don't agree with the USDAs promotion of dairy (you just don't need it), I understand its place in our society and in the USDA guidelines. Besides, if we are relying on the gov't to provide guidance for our daily lives, we have serious problems. I think we should be way more angry and involved in discussions why it costs so much to make the "plate" than its content. Nice job with your umbrella guys. Farming, specifically farming that produces grain and dairy is big business and whether we like it or not, is apart of the American culture and history. I don’t think the government will ever get away from pushing grains and dairy in it’s nutrition message. Too much money, too many lobbyists, too many jobs are in existence because of these industries.

In 2007, there were 2.2 million farms in this country. Of those, a little over 787K were dedicated to corn, soybeans and wheat, 36%. Just over $50 billion dollars in sales in one year. That’s Billion with a B. Add dairy farms (90K) and you have 877K farms or 43% of the total. The only way we can influence change is to do what you guys are doing and ultimately “vote” with your wallet when you go to the grocery store (or don’t go at all if you are so inclined).

I grew up on a dairy farm (drinking whole, unprocessed milk and still do from time to time), hold a fondness for the farmers and even though I don’t agree with the USDAs promotion of dairy (you just don’t need it), I understand its place in our society and in the USDA guidelines. Besides, if we are relying on the gov’t to provide guidance for our daily lives, we have serious problems. I think we should be way more angry and involved in discussions why it costs so much to make the “plate” than its content.

]]> By: Brandon http://www.health-bent.com/blog/health-bent-umbrella/comment-page-1#comment-231 Brandon Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:25:05 +0000 http://www.health-bent.com/?p=232#comment-231 thanks so much kt. we did submit it to MDA and actually it was his post that gave us the push we needed to get it finished. we hope it speaks to some folks and provides an easy way to share the gist of the lifestyle with others who aren't really on board yet. thanks again. thanks so much kt. we did submit it to MDA and actually it was his post that gave us the push we needed to get it finished. we hope it speaks to some folks and provides an easy way to share the gist of the lifestyle with others who aren’t really on board yet. thanks again.

]]> By: kt_simms http://www.health-bent.com/blog/health-bent-umbrella/comment-page-1#comment-230 kt_simms Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:54:40 +0000 http://www.health-bent.com/?p=232#comment-230 This is fantastic and I thank you for all the thought and work that went into creating it. If you haven't already, you should put a link to it on the MDA post about rejected pyramids. It's clear, concise, and attention getting and I think you'll reach a lot of people in the paleo and primal communities with it. This is fantastic and I thank you for all the thought and work that went into creating it. If you haven’t already, you should put a link to it on the MDA post about rejected pyramids. It’s clear, concise, and attention getting and I think you’ll reach a lot of people in the paleo and primal communities with it.

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