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Caustic Commentary

October 14, 2019). Commentators blame the increasing reason for farms going out of business. According to the Eu-
burnout on trends like “rising workloads, limited staff and ropean Environmental Agency, adapting to climate change
resources, and long hours.” However, many would argue that must be a top priority for the European Union’s agricultural
the current workplace environment is a lot more pleasant and sector. Unfortunately, the obsession with climate change is
comfortable than former factory production lines. The more destroying the EU’s agricultural economy and even its abil-
likely explanation is poorly nourished brains due to abysmal ity to grow food. Many are concerned about the possibility
dietary advice and typical eating patterns based on junk of starvation. Even without this worst-case scenario, prices
food and coffee. Neurological and emotional biochemistry for food are expected to rise (armstrongeconomics.com,
require animal fats for optimal performance, but most mil- October 25, 2019).
lennials and Gen Zers have fallen for the propaganda that
cholesterol and saturated fat are toxic. Another explanation: BREAKFAST CEREAL DECLINE
the dozens of neurotoxic vaccinations foisted on the younger The product with the biggest markup in the whole world is
generations, which poison the brains and sap the energy of dry breakfast cereal; the ingredients for a box of cereal cost
our young people. pennies and the box sells for something like three dollars. So
naturally producers are concerned about the decline in sales
PESKY VACCINE FACTS of this golden goose. In 1990 consumers ate a bowl of cereal
In the current hysteria to get everyone fully vaccinated, about ninety-two times per year, while in 2018, that number
health officials are blaming unvaccinated children for caus- had slipped to seventy-eight. Cereal manufacturers say they
ing disease. Yet an outbreak of whooping cough (pertussis) are “stepping up spending by retooling marketing campaigns,
in March of 2019 was not caused by unvaccinated children. ramping up product investments and developing new flavors
Of the nearly fifty children who contracted pertussis at a to try to keep shoppers engaged.” Gimmicks abound: Kel-
private high school in Los Angeles, all had been vaccinated, logg is developing new cereals, including a brand focused
while none of the unvaccinated got the illness. Rather than on gut health, and adding new flavors of older brands such
state the obvious—that the vaccine doesn’t work and un- as Wild Berry Froot Loops and strawberry-flavored Rice
vaccinated children are not to blame—officials blamed the Krispies. General Mills recently hired rapper Travis Scott to
new DTaP vaccine, which has fewer side effects than the design boxes for its Reese’s Puffs cereal. Its newer products
old vaccine, but doesn’t last as long (LA Times, March 16, include a cereal that lists almonds as its first ingredient and
2019). It happened again in December, when a Catholic high blueberry-flavored Cheerios (Wall Street Journal, August 21,
school in Houston, Texas closed early for the holidays due 2019). Will any of these new products provide the remedy
to seven confirmed cases of pertussis, some of whom were for the growing consumer recognition that these products
hospitalized. According to school officials, 100 percent of just ain’t good for you? We don’t think so!
the students were vaccinated against pertussis (thevaccine-
reaction.com, December 26, 2019). According to the Centers
for Disease Control (CDC) website, the pertussis vaccines
“typically offer good levels of protection within the first two
years after getting the vaccine, but then protection decreases FOR SCIENTISTS AND LAY READERS
over time.” Of course, if you contract pertussis without get- Please note that the mission of the Weston A. Price
ting the vaccine, you will have immunity for life. Foundation is to provide important information about diet
and health to both scientists and the lay public. For this rea-
son, some of the articles in Wise Traditions are necessarily
EUROPEAN FARMS GOING UNDER technical. It is very important for us to describe the science
If we think agriculture in America is in trouble, just have that supports the legitimacy of our dietary principles. In
a look at Europe. The new EU Agriculture Commissioner articles aimed at scientists and practitioners, we provide a
recently stated that Europe loses one thousand farms per day summary of the main points and also put the most techni-
and that the EU is losing four hundred thousand farms per cal information in sidebars. These articles are balanced by
year. Strict regulations to “stop climate change” is a primary others that provide practical advice to our lay readers.

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