History of Food

Apr 30, 20183 min read

Gleaning From the Food of Yesterday: Dr. Francis Pottenger

How often have you thought that the health or disease you experience is based upon your parents’ health (your genetics) rather than your...

Apr 23, 20183 min read

Gleaning From the Food of Yesterday: Dr. Weston Price

Observation: an act or instance of regarding attentively; something that is learned in the course of observing things How often do we go...

Apr 17, 20183 min read

Gleaning from the Food of Yesterday: The Diet-Heart Hypothesis

Change, though it may seem to occur in a moment, often evolves through a series of smaller events. If you reflect back on the the...

Apr 9, 20182 min read

Gleaning From the Food of Yesterday: The Era of WWII

In a time of crisis, when livelihoods are threatened, the routines which maintain our health are often compromised. This is typically...

Apr 2, 20183 min read

Gleaning from the Food of Yesterday: The FDA

There once was a day when the producer and consumer of a food product were one in the same. Or, at the least, the producer and the...

Mar 26, 20182 min read

Gleaning From the Food of Yesterday: America's Food Giants

Although scientific advancements will often lead a shift in culture, as we saw through the Industrial Revolution, more often than not,...

Mar 19, 20182 min read

Gleaning From the Food of Yesterday: The Industrial Revolution

The creativity and innovation of mankind can produce incredible and rapid change. Through periods of history, this is evident as...

Mar 12, 20182 min read

Gleaning from the Food of Yesterday: Cane Sugar Consumption

Without receiving a great exhortation about the negative impact of sugar on our health, most individuals would agree that the average...

Mar 5, 20182 min read

Introduction: Gleaning from the Food of Yesterday

“If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree.“ ~Michael Crichton When...