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Food & Farms Being Federalized

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Farms and Food Being Federalized

Farms and food are being federalized by regulatory agencies.  This is yet another assault on our freedoms.  Maybe you were unaware, or maybe you were not even born yet, but some 60+ years ago a war was declared against  ‘threats to [global] peace’, breaches of peace and acts of aggression which includes American agriculture and food. Maybe you have not considered your dinner plate or your domesticated farm animals an ‘Act of Aggression’ but that is precisely how the UN views them.  We need to look at the particular UN Articles you need to understand America is a participating member and signatory of the UN.  The goal of the UN is to unite the world to a Utopian time of ‘peace’ under UN control and by their definitions.  A task force was set up in the early 1960′s to evaluate the best way to make transition to world peace.  Peace equates equals control.  Because there is human suffering and poverty the UN believes it is it’s task to bring about a ‘peaceful order’.

Here are the facts, nothing but the facts.

  • Only 2% of Americans grow food.
  • There are more prisoners in America than farmers.
  • Many farms are now foreign owned thanks to the overly intrusive regulations that each state and the federal government has passed and our lackadaisical protection of our borders.
  • America used to have hobby farmers who grew food and companion animals for their own family but those farms are rapidly becoming extinct with high prices and restrictions.
  • The global import/export market is growing at a quantum 6% a year.  It will not take long before complete dependence upon foreign products to take place.
  • The bioterrorism act of 20002 requires that all producers of food, retailers, and restaurants maintain records for traceability. Continue reading →

Ancient Words: Revisiting the Term Voluntary

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Ancient Words:  Revisiting the Term Voluntary

 (Repaired after the spring hack job of 2012)

As we revisit the term voluntary we find that the National Agricultural Law School defines the term as follows:  A program that allows producers to choose whether to participate without loss of market access. The cornerstone of current federal programs is that they are voluntary.

What is the ancient origin of the term ‘voluntary’?

We find the word voluntary embedded deep within the Bible, an ancient text Voluntary, nadav (nadabah), is used around 15 times in Scripture and is translated offered ˜freely in the context of a free-will offering. It can also be used in the context to impel or incite a free-will offering.  The first occurrence of a word is always the most significant and we discover that the first usage of voluntary is Leviticus 1 in the framework of the person submitting an offering.  It is interesting to note that one of Aaron the Chief Priests sons was Nadav.  Nadav and his brother were struck dead when they kindled their censers with strange fire and brought this strange fire to the sanctuary in the wilderness. The name Nadav means ˜generous and implies he brought a generous amount of this strange fire to the wilderness sanctuary.

A free-will offering is not mandatory and is prompted by a persons impulse or initiative.

The root ndb connotes the uncompelled and free movement of the will unto divine service or sacrifice.  It occurs in other Northwest Semitic dialects nadav can reflect either the inner heart of a man or an physical (free-will) offering.

In the root ndb part of the animal (all fat around the intestines, kidneys, and liver, as well as the sheep tail) are to be burnt on the altar. In Psalm 119:108 it is prayer that constitutes such voluntary offerings.  This unveils the persistent theme that God desires heart-felt obedience more than a multitude of sacrifices.

In the Greek the word ˜voluntary is thelo or ethelo which translates into ones will, desire, and purpose, to be resolved or determined which includes the emotion of enjoyment.

On a side-note, the agricultural definition of voluntary highlighted is the cornerstone of current federal programs.  What does this mean?  The ancient or biblical definition of pinah is a point where two lines converge or meet.  It can also illustrate a leader or a stronghold.  The cornerstone is the most important stone or the very important stone,the foundation of a building.  In some instances it may refer to the capstone.

 

10 Minute Citizen:  Watch out  for voluntary programs and cornerstones.