Gaslighting in our Food Systems

A discussion with Josh Slocum

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Last week, I spoke to Josh Slocum on the Nourishing Liberty podcast.

While the podcast usually focuses on people whose work is within the food system, I’ve heard Josh talk about his broader ideas regarding dysfunction in our systems.

And I thought it was important to bring that focus specifically to our food systems.

It was a riveting conversation.

To get the basis of Josh’s ideas about how our societal systems are (dys)functioning, you’ll have to listen to the conversation or any of the other places where he discusses his thesis.

He shares astute observations into the current state of our broader societal systems–not just food.

But we brought the focus to food systems.

This was a heavy, deep conversation.

While most of the Nourishing Liberty Podcast episodes don’t go quite this deep, this one might challenge some of your paradigms, some of your thinking.

We discuss everything from the rise of Crisco to GMOs, and how we can each bring our freedom of choice and individual creative powers to what we are witnessing.

Josh provides insight for those of us working to subvert the systems that are trying to keep us in a perpetual state of panic–including (and maybe most especially) our food system.

So jump on in for the ride.

Other articles and content mentioned in the discussion:

• The Sketchy History of Raw Milk in America

• The Earth Wants Us Here

• The Ugly History of Crisco

• Josh’s Substack and his thesis on the Cluster B world

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