Amish Farmer Threatened for Not Giving Up Traditional Farming
by Joseph Mercola for The Epoch Times
Armed federal agents were used to threaten a traditional Amish farmer just 150 miles outside Washington, D.C., who does not use pesticides, fertilizer, or gas to run his farm.
Story at a Glance
- Amos Miller, an Amish farmer and owner of Miller’s Organic Farm just 150 miles from Washington, D.C., has been under the USDA’s microscope since at least 2015.
- It was the National Organic Program from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that first launched an investigation in 2015, seeking all the food club’s purchase records and a list of members who pay a premium to get food from an independent farmer who doesn’t process meat and dairy at a USDA facility.
- Miller has helped organize private food clubs where individuals can purchase produce, dairy, and meat from traditional farmers; the Department of Justice (DOJ) seems intent on stamping them out.
- While Miller produces and sells organic meat, dairy, and eggs, “experts” are pushing fake junk food for billions in profits, including the current “sustainable, plant-based” consumables that resemble convenience store food more than whole food.
- Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) meat, dairy, and eggs are also not the answer to a healthy society and environment. There is a better solution and Amos Miller is using it—regenerative farming has a lower carbon footprint than either CAFOs or plant-based products, protects human health, and improves the environment.
Historically, experts believe that food cultivation has been widely established for roughly 7,000 years.[1] While many of today’s farmers have embraced the agribusiness evolution that took over U.S. farmland, there are some, like Amos Miller and his 4,000 customers, who believe the old ways are still the best ways. Unfortunately, as reported in this short video from Rebel News,[2] the U.S. government does not agree.
In the last 100 years, there have been significant changes in the way farming is carried out. Most significant was the development of genetically modified organisms and chemical pesticides. In 1982, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)[3] approved the first GMO product, which was developed to treat diabetes: human insulin. The first GMO foods available in the United States were alfalfa and sugar beets in 2005.
By 2015, the FDA had approved an application for genetically engineered salmon. Further bioengineered foods and plants include apples, pink pineapples, and, in 2020, the GalSafe pig, which is a genetically modified pig that eliminates detectable amounts of alpha-gal,[4] which is a sugar on the surface of pig cells that triggers a rare allergy.
As some applauded these scientific advancements, others began asking hard questions about how modifying genetic information and the application of large amounts of pesticides and herbicides will impact animal and human health. Miller[5] chose to use farming practices that have successfully provided healthy food for thousands of years.[6]
Armed Federal Agents Threaten Traditional Farmer
The current story began in 2015 when Amish organic farmer Amos Miller found he had come under the microscope of federal officials from the USDA. The Food Safety Network (FSN)[7] has repeatedly headlined Miller’s plight. In fact, FSN is so enamored with the story that Miller has his own blog tag and pages of content covering the federal government’s issues with a farm that produces organic products, free of pesticides, herbicides, and GMO products.
Miller was taken to court by the U.S. Justice Department at the behest of the USDA, according to David Gumpert.[8] Miller became aware the USDA had issues with him in November 2015[9] when he was attending a Weston A. Price Foundation conference and had stored some of his raw milk products in the hotel coolers.
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As my friend said: “The self-reliant terrify them (the Left).” Yes, self-reliance is antithetical to their goal of central control.
This new Leftist totalitarian government of ours attacks everyone and everything that does not kowtow to the almighty Bureaucracy and conform to the party line (which, typical of totalitarian regimes, is undefined and ever-changing). Range Magazine has chronicled many such criminal abuses, and more are seen each day in other responsible new outlets. Alarmingly – but, again, typical of totalitarian governments – the Biden/Left regime now often openly attacks law-abiding citizens who have done no wrong whatsoever. This is a known Marxist power lever. The early Soviet/Russian Marxists slaughtered millions of innocent people just for the purpose of sewing fear and enforcing unquestioning obedience. Though there have always been abuses of power in America – it’s human nature; that’s why the Founders wrote our Constitution to severely limit centralization of power – today’s American Marxist Left is now systematically, aggressively & illegally consolidating & abusing power, attacking & eliminating all opposition. As I’ve so often said: We are at war in the United State – a great civil war is well underway – but only one side is fighting to win.
I hope Amos Miller wins his war. I hope many patriots will come to his aid. The loss of this one man’s war will bode bitterly ill for self-reliant westerners, our nation and all of us who oppose illegitimate power.
John Hoak
Big Horn, Wyoming