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The Illusion of Safety: How Bureaucracy Is Killing Our Health and Our Freedom

Endless layers of regulation, inspection, and paperwork have not made us healthier. In fact, we’re sicker than ever.
The Illusion of Safety: How Bureaucracy Is Killing Our Health and Our Freedom
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Yes, people have died from food poisoning—and they still do. But in our obsession with safety, we’ve built a bureaucracy that is suffocating the very people who feed us. Under the banner of “protection,” we’ve created endless layers of regulation, inspection, and paperwork that have not made us healthier. In fact, we’re sicker than ever.

Mollie Engelhart
Mollie Engelhart
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Mollie Engelhart, regenerative farmer and rancher at Sovereignty Ranch, is committed to food sovereignty, soil regeneration, and educating on homesteading and self-sufficiency. She is the author of “Debunked by Nature”: Debunk Everything You Thought You Knew About Food, Farming, and Freedom—a raw, riveting account of her journey from vegan chef and LA restaurateur to hands-in-the-dirt farmer, and how nature shattered her cultural programming.