{"id":2284464,"date":"2024-06-27T08:32:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T12:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/piggy-sooy-abomination-shows-its-time-to-grow-your-own-food\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T08:40:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T12:40:36","slug":"piggy-sooy-abomination-shows-its-time-to-grow-your-own-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/piggy-sooy-abomination-shows-its-time-to-grow-your-own-food\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Piggy Sooy&#8217; Abomination Shows It&#8217;s Time To Grow Your Own Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpiggy-sooy-abomination-shows-its-time-to-grow-your-own-food%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2284464&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the advances \u200din biotechnology in food production, particularly focusing on a startup called Moolec, which has\u200b developed\u200d a soybean-pig hybrid dubbed &#8220;piggy\u2062 sooy.&#8221; Dr. Pretorius from \u201cThe Bride of Frankenstein\u201d is \u200dquoted to symbolize the novelty and arguably unnatural creation that blurs the lines between \u200cplant and animal. Moolec\u2019s intentions \u2062are to sell &#8220;piggy\u2064 sooy&#8221; directly to consumers\u2062 without processing \u2063the beans to separate the pig protein. Moreover, Moolec plans to \u200cemploy its technology in other areas\u2064 such as GMO safflower oil and \u200dyeast-producing bovine\u2062 proteins, potentially replacing traditional food\u200c sources with\u200c genetically modified \u2062alternatives. The regulatory approval and patenting of these new foods suggest\u2063 a future where traditional crops and ingredients might \u200dbe replaced by these novel entities.<\/p>\n<p>The author \u200bof the piece,\u2062 Raw Egg Nationalist (REN),\u2062 expresses concerns about the ethical implications, health risks, and \u200csocietal impacts of consuming these genetically engineered \u2063foods.\u2063 REN speculates on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/observing-nails-as-indicators-of-health-imbalances\/\" title=\"Observing Nails As Indicators Of Health Imbalances\">potential health issues<\/a>, like obesity\u200c and other diseases,\u200b that could arise from genetically modified foods \u2063based on past experiences with other altered foods. The\u2063 motivations\u200d behind \u200csuch innovations are critiqued as\u2064 being driven\u2064 more by profit and control rather than genuine sustainability \u2064or health\u2062 benefits.<\/p>\n<p>The article closes with \u200da call to \u2064action, urging a return to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-action-plan-in-southern-city-draws-backlash-over-diversity-smart-city-language\/\" title=\"\u2018Climate Action Plan\u2019 in Southern City Draws Backlash Over Diversity, Smart City Language\">local food production<\/a>\u200d and self-sustenance through methods like farmers&#8217; markets, home gardening (including urban gardening), and raising small farm animals where \u2062possible.\u2064 The narrative\u2062 is skeptical about relying solely on corporately controlled, patented food sources and encourages a\u2064 movement back to \u2062traditional, possibly organic and\u2062 non-GMO, food cultivation and consumption practices.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Mad scientist Dr. Pretorius toasts Baron Frankenstein in \u201cThe Bride of Frankenstein\u201d with the words, \u201cTo a new world of gods and monsters!\u201d That world is coming true in the realm of food. We live among lab-grown meat, eggless eggs, and hamburgers and even ice cream made of vegetable matter. And now we have taken the next step.<\/p>\n<p>In a piece <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmind.org\/salvo\/merging-pig-with-soy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published<\/a> in \u201cThe American Mind,\u201d anonymous Twitter user and author Raw Egg Nationalist (REN) reports that startup company Moolec has created what it calls \u201cpiggy sooy.\u201d But this is no riff of a sweet love ballad from the \u201950s. \u201cPiggy sooy\u201d is a laboratory chimera of soybean and pig.<\/p>\n<p>This is not simply a \u201cwhat if\u201d experiment confined to a laboratory. Moolec fully intends to sell its \u201cpiggy sooy\u201d to general (human) consumers. The Department of Agriculture has already given its blessing. The patent has been handed out. And that isn\u2019t all. As REN says:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Moolec\u2019s business model will involve selling the beans as they come, without any kind of refining: there will be no attempt to separate the pig-protein component from the rest of the soybean. They also want to license their product to other companies for planting, which of course they can do, because the product is patented.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words, there may come a time in the future when the common soybean is no longer available, only \u201cpiggy sooy.\u201d You will eat the pig-plant, and you will be happy!<\/p>\n<p>And this is not the end of Moolec\u2019s work in the house of Frankenstein. \u201cTheir broad aim,\u201d REN says, \u201cis to use what they call \u2018molecular farming\u2019 to turn a variety of plants and even microorganisms like yeasts into miniature bioreactors. \u2026 Moolec already has a range of other products planned, including a new GMO safflower oil, and plants and yeasts that produce bovine proteins like chymosin and myoglobin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t just soybeans that are to be replaced with golems but all the basic components of the basic food groups. At least, that will be the case for us peons. Like multiple mansions, private jets, and yachts, real food will be available for those of the inner party.<\/p>\n<p>Officially, this\u00a0so-called innovation is all being done to \u201csave the planet.\u201d The real reason is money and power. As REN says, if these \u201cfoods\u201d are patented, then those companies can make bigger profits via licensing and whatever other way their lawyers can concoct. And if the old adage \u201cyou are what you eat\u201d has any truth in it, then the masters of the plate will control us with an iron rod.<\/p>\n<p>The results of that iron rod won\u2019t be good. REN points out that we already know genetically modified food, like corn, has led to an increase in human obesity. What adverse effects will \u201cpiggy sooy\u201d and its cousins have? Cancer? Heart disease? Blood clots? Infertility? There\u2019s no way of telling. And if there were, do any of us think Moolec and its ilk would tell us?<\/p>\n<p>Which leaves us with the $64 question: What do we do? Unfortunately, this is where REN\u2019s piece falters. He provides a small exhortation toward the end \u201cto break away from the corporate food system before it\u2019s too late, and return to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/never-seen-anything-like-it-elon-musk-reacts-to-global-supply-chain-issues\/\" title=\"\u2018Never Seen Anything Like It\u2019: Elon Musk Reacts To Global Supply Chain Issues\">local production<\/a> of the foods our ancestors thrived on,\u201d but the \u201chow\u201d is left unsaid.<\/p>\n<p>The easiest solution is to begin supporting the farmers\u2019 markets and local meat hubs (cattle farms, etc.) instead of spending all our purchasing power at Wal-Mart and Target. With the rising interest in non-GMO foods, meat that hasn\u2019t been stuffed with steroids, and healthy living in general, this will probably not be too hard. In this case, the internet can be a useful jinn. But the real goal, in my opinion, is to go to the next level and begin actively <em>growing <\/em>and <em>raising <\/em>our own food.<\/p>\n<p>If you live in a rural area, you\u2019re in luck. You don\u2019t need to become the local land baron to start. Whether you have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ten-Acres-Enough-Classic-Independent\/dp\/048643737X\/ref=asc_df_048643737X\/?tag=hyprod-20&#038;linkCode=df0&#038;hvadid=693033695448&#038;hvpos=&#038;hvnetw=g&#038;hvrand=13928903747933452564&#038;hvpone=&#038;hvptwo=&#038;hvqmt=&#038;hvdev=c&#038;hvdvcmdl=&#038;hvlocint=&#038;hvlocphy=9023346&#038;hvtargid=pla-449150932499&#038;psc=1&#038;mcid=f13f6eabe95c32b3a1e3e87233a3a0fa&#038;gad_source=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10 acres<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Five-Acres-Independence-Handbook-Management\/dp\/0486209741\/ref=asc_df_0486209741\/?tag=hyprod-20&#038;linkCode=df0&#038;hvadid=693674918151&#038;hvpos=&#038;hvnetw=g&#038;hvrand=13928903747933452564&#038;hvpone=&#038;hvptwo=&#038;hvqmt=&#038;hvdev=c&#038;hvdvcmdl=&#038;hvlocint=&#038;hvlocphy=9023346&#038;hvtargid=pla-451325209815&#038;psc=1&#038;mcid=78475df521593ab39b99ed1844c35f74&#038;gad_source=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">five acres<\/a> or just a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Quarter-Acre-Farm-Kept-Patio-Family\/dp\/1580053408\/ref=asc_df_1580053408\/?tag=hyprod-20&#038;linkCode=df0&#038;hvadid=693370352765&#038;hvpos=&#038;hvnetw=g&#038;hvrand=13928903747933452564&#038;hvpone=&#038;hvptwo=&#038;hvqmt=&#038;hvdev=c&#038;hvdvcmdl=&#038;hvlocint=&#038;hvlocphy=9023346&#038;hvtargid=pla-583195894010&#038;psc=1&#038;mcid=6601a24c974e31d19f628f1c8b5b2051&#038;gad_source=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quarter acre<\/a>, you have enough land to grow your own food. But what if your house is in the city? What if you live in an apartment? This is where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ambius.com\/resources\/blog\/plant-care\/urban-gardening-tips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">urban gardening<\/a> comes into play. Everything from apartment building roofs to balconies can be utilized to grow herbs and vegetables. It is even possible in some urban areas to keep beehives, meaning honey (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/nutrition\/benefits-of-honey#:~:text=Honey%20is%20rich%20in%20nutrients,part%20of%20a%20balanced%20diet.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a superfood<\/a>) can be added to the menu. Getting the right seeds is important as well; there\u2019s no point breaking free of Soylent Pink if we\u2019re unknowingly planting \u201ccow carrots\u201d in our balcony pots. Sites like Eden Brothers, the Living Seed Company, and Back to the Roots offer organic, non-GMO seeds. Again, in this case, the internet can be a useful tool.<\/p>\n<p>What about meat and eggs? While cows will probably be out if you live in the city, smaller animals could be a possibility. Last month, for example, the Missouri House of Representatives <a href=\"https:\/\/fox4kc.com\/news\/missouri-bill-aims-to-legalize-backyard-chicken-ownership\/#:~:text=Now%2C%20a%20bill%20that's%20passed,rules%20approve%20of%20the%20chickens.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">passed <\/a>a bill that would legalize backyard chicken ownership regardless of HOA rules if local ordinances allow it. The Missouri bill allows a homeowner to keep up to six chickens if his backyard is at least two-tenths of an acre, or 8,712 square feet. The average yard size in the United States is 23,000 square feet. Imagine what we could do if just half the states followed Missouri and if only a quarter of the owners of those properties had half a dozen chickens each.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to realize that no single person will likely have the time or resources to produce everything his or her family needs. Therefore, local associations will need to be established to promote a collective standard of self-sufficiency. One family might grow peppers and cucumbers, another family peas and green beans, another might keep a hive of bees that pollinate the clover and snapdragons of the family next door, while your cousin grows corn and wheat on his half-acre on the outskirts of town.<\/p>\n<p>None of this is to say all this will be easy. It won\u2019t be. Farming on any scale is a roll of the dice; too much rain, lack of rain, frost, insects, fungi, and mites can all be fatal. We will also have to be prepared to spend more money on steak and pork that come from the small, family-owned local farm 20 miles away and spend more time attending to crops and fighting the latest pest than we do on Facebook and Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-make-china-pay\/\" title=\"How to Make China Pay\">real question isn\u2019<\/a>t whether you have the time or money; it\u2019s how far you\u2019re prepared to go to ensure the health of yourself and your family. Our ancestors once cultivated the continent. It is up to us to do it again.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Nathan Stone is a storyteller who looks at culture, politics, and religion from a different POV on his YouTube channel Nate on the Stone, and who exercises the moral imagination in his writing. A lover of books, music and the outdoors (especially with dogs) he earned a masters in American history from Liberty University in 2016. Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCAf9yqD5ewDue7gE8NDUmqg?view_as=subscriber\">his channel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nes_nathan\">follow him on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In &#8220;The Bride of Frankenstein,&#8221; Dr. Pretorius famously toasts, \u201cTo a new world of gods and monsters!\u201d This vision mirrors today&#8217;s food innovations: lab-grown meat, egg substitutes, and plant-based burgers and ice cream. 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