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PPE Your Meat; Speaking Truth to Food

PPE Your Meat President Biden’s Midwest tour included a Christmas tree of presents to rural America. He echoed USDA Secretary Vilsack’s concerns about industry concentration and said the government would spend money to create small meat packing companies and other populist ideals. However, this idealism should come with a bit of caution. National Public Radio noted that when COVID hit, the U.S. government spent $1 billion trying to initiate domestic production of personal protect equipment (PPE). After spending a lot of money, the nation is no more self-sufficient in masks, gloves and other equipment than it was three years ago.  Speaking Truth to Food As other journalists chase junk food articles about how the food syst...

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