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On Farm Harvest Legalization Update (Video)

6/28/2019

 
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Last year we were threatened with a $10,000 fine and year in prison for selling meat that was harvested on farm to consenting customers in our herd share program. In this update I share my plan for how we are going legalize on farm harvesting in Alberta so that we can all have access to nutrient-dense and ethically raised meat.
In this video I share the 5 major insights that I had over the past year since starting our "Legalize On Farm Harvest Campaign".
  1. This is not about food this is about sovereignty.
  2. This is not a regulatory problem this is a consumer education problem.
  3. Politicians are followers not leaders and they will follow when we decide to lead.
  4. There are not enough regenerative farmers to be the leaders to create a tipping point.
  5.  Consumers withdrawing their consent from the current industrial food system is the only path forward. Compassionate education is how we will encourage that exodus. 
I also share some of the conversations and dreams that informed these insights.

 The Plan

1. Educate consumers about the many food sovereignty issues.
2. Build community large enough to attract the attention of policy makers.  

What you can do

1.Educate yourself and share the message through your networks about how our sovereignty and basic human rights are being stolen from us by our own governments on behalf of the industrial agricultural food system. Only when enough people are outraged by the insanity of these draconian laws will we stand a chance to change regulations

2. Join and support existing communities working to address problems of food sovereignty 
  • Weston A. Price Foundation - https://www.westonaprice.org
  • Ethical Omnivore Movement - https://www.facebook.com/EthicalOmnivoreMovement/
  • Farm Fresh Milk - ​https://www.farmfreshmilk.ca
  • Your local Permaculture Guild (Search "[your city] Permaculture Guild") 
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3. Eat the change you want to see in the world. The current system is not perfect but there are many producers who are doing the best they can without going to jail. Find them, talk with them see how you can support them. Better yet, become a producer yourself and lessen your dependency upon the industrial food system we are trying to change.

​4. If you are an Alberta consider submitting a "Cut Red Tape" application on the Alberta Government Website (https://www.alberta.ca/cut-red-tape.aspx) here are some sample answers to the application questions:
Tell us the problem and how it affects you.  
It is currently illegal to purchase raw milk and meat that we humanely harvested on farm. This is a violation of my basic human rights and is negatively affecting the nutrient-density of my food and the health of my family.
How can we fix it? How might this save time, create jobs, or reduce costs?
Legalize the sale of raw milk, raw cheese and uninspected meat for farm gate sales. This will reduce regulatory costs, reduce health care costs, increase viability of existing small family farms and encourage new regenerative farming operations


5. Please Like and Share this blog and video!

​6. If you have any comments or suggestions please leave them below.
David J. Goa link
7/5/2019 09:46:13 am

Thanks for the note Takota. Admirable. Hope to find a time to visit and talk during the summer. If you are in Edmonton and can stop by I would enjoy seeing you.
Bless you,
David

Takota Coen link
7/6/2019 07:53:56 am

Thank you David :)

Miles
7/5/2019 11:18:15 am

Takota,

I agree with you 100%. Thanks for all of your hard work on this. Let's hope that the laws change on this topic sooner rather than later!

Miles

Takota Coen link
7/6/2019 07:57:20 am

Thanks Miles!

Leslie
7/5/2019 02:03:29 pm

Great article. You expressed my sentiments exactly. I like my food best when it’s from the farm/farmer I trust and I’d like to see freedom of personal intake become a right. Thanks for your efforts Takota.

Takota Coen link
7/6/2019 07:57:47 am

Thanks Leslie!

Jeanette
7/5/2019 03:27:24 pm

Thank you so much Takota for all your hard work. I hope you will be a great inspiration to more young people such as yourself. We all need to change our ways and thinking about food or we may be doomed.

Takota Coen link
7/6/2019 07:58:45 am

Thanks Jeanette! I agree we need to change or we are in trouble.

Jordan Staudinger
7/6/2019 06:41:00 am

Hi Takota,
Thanks for standing up for food choice. I am also a small producer doing what I can to grow premium quality clean food.
If you have found the specific Alberta provincial laws that restrict raw milk, farm butchering, etc. please share so we can include reference to them in contacting our government representatives.
Thanks, Jordan Staudinger , Sylvan Lake

Takota Coen link
7/6/2019 07:56:51 am

Hi Jordan,

The Meat Inspection Act of Alberta http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/Acts/M09.pdf

The Dairy Industry Act
http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/Acts/D02.pdf

are the two acts that are being enforced here.

Takota

Brad Jacobson link
7/6/2019 09:42:37 am

Takota!

Bless your heart for taking the lead on this. Our family is also trying to make good healthy local food available to people and I couldn’t agree with you more in your assessment of the situation as well as your proposed solution. When I speak with folks about this issue most are simply unaware of the obstacles that are put in between them and their accessing healthy, locally grown affordable food.

Having experienced our own health issues in our family and being aware of the role that good quality, nutrient dense food has played in improving our health, I truly believe that you have hit the nail on the head when you say that the withholding of such food from the general consumer is a sovereignty issue.

Thanks again!

Brad Jacobson

Takota Coen
7/9/2019 08:21:39 am

Thanks Brad, I appreciate your support.

Amy Leitch link
7/6/2019 02:09:04 pm

You are doing a fantastic job moving this education movement forward. We are the leaders of Education for everyone. Our passions for our products will shine as we move the power of knowledge to our communities. The power of many will overflow.
Thanks for what you are doing and the encouragement it is giving.

Takota Coen
7/7/2019 07:37:08 am

Thanks Amy :)

Cathy T
7/6/2019 07:39:08 pm

We farmed for many years, and ate only meat that we raised, used raw milk from our cows, made cheese and butter, had lots of company that ate what we ate, and never poisoned, diseased, or made anyone sick. See absolutely no reason not to be able to sell meat or milk from a well run farm. Our cows and goats were tested regularly for things like TB etc, they were well cared for and healthy. Probably way better meat and milk from them than from feed lot cattle that are full of antibiotics, pesticides, herbicides, and hormones, and live in their own filth every day!

Takota Coen
7/9/2019 08:42:44 am

Hi Cathy,
It is strange that more people get sick from lettuce but they done make it illegal.

Audrey
7/7/2019 04:35:47 pm

Thank you Takota for your insightful talk. I agree that education is the best way and I will continue to do my part. There is a momentum growing for change especially with all the dis-eases that drugs cannot help. Thank you for taking the time to help us all.

Takota Coen
7/9/2019 08:43:06 am

Thanks Audrey :)

David Kuhn link
1/14/2020 01:33:34 pm

We are all living a lie starting as children being lied to with the belief in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, then because of manipulation through propaganda, with our politicians as they go to college to learn to lie to us with a straight face pretending to be the nice guy/our friend. It doesn't mater who you vote for left wing or right wing their 2 wings on the same bird!!! Look up "Sour Milk" it's the same thing here in the USA with the way it is illegal to butcher meat you raised on your property for a customer. The practice of putting there hands out during the elections should be illegal. Because then our Presidents and leaders owe those corporations after that and the favors are killing us all!!! We need a revolution! Boston Tea Party! I have been looking into a lot of things over the years and in depth the last 6 months and by all rights I should be dead already because I question every day if life is even worth living any more.

Takota Coen
1/14/2020 03:19:22 pm

I agree that our political systems has become corrupted by big business interests and our votes count for nothing now. But I still have hope that if we the people withdraw our consent and dependency upon these current systems and build our own, they will dissolve of their own accord.


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