How Misguided Agendas Threaten Our Food Supply

On July 24, 2024, J.P. Dunn, Trent Loos, and Shamae Navarro joined the show. Dunn exposes how well-funded animal rights organizations share board members with PETA while spending minimal budgets on actual animal welfare, and warns of a Denver ballot initiative threatening lamb processing Loos connects livestock agriculture to human freedom, discusses UK farm subsidy failures, and celebrates the multicultural origins of the American.

Protecting Agricultural Freedom from Animal Rights Activism

Start listening at 31:04 – Hour 1

J.P. Dunn, Director of Policy at Protect the Harvest, exposes the coordinated attack on American food production by well-funded interest groups. Dunn explains that groups like the Humane Society of the United States share board members with PETA and other radical organizations while spending less than 4% of their budgets on actually helping animals.

The conversation focuses on a Denver ballot initiative aimed at shutting down Superior Farms, a lamb processing facility that has operated for over 50 years. Dunn warns that if this initiative succeeds, beef processing facilities will be targeted next. He emphasizes that these groups’ ultimate goal is to drive up food costs and eliminate animal agriculture entirely.

Dunn addresses consumer concerns about GMOs and pesticides, noting that while organic options should remain available for those who prefer them, conventional farming produces safe food that shouldn’t be demonized. He argues that scare tactics about food safety harm low-income families who rely on affordable nutrition.

“There’s 16 different groups across the country that all use the same business model, and they’re sharing board members with PETA and all these groups. This includes ASPCA and the Humane Society of the United States, which has a great name because they’re living off of the reputation of their local humane societies that actually help animals. But in this case, less than 4% of their budget goes to actually helping animals. It all goes to advertising and paying lobbyists.”

– J.P. Dunn, Director of Policy, Protect the Harvest

The American Cowboy, Ruminant Animals, and Liberty

Start listening at 72:06 – Hour 2

Sixth-generation farmer and rancher Trent Loos begins his Wednesday segment by discussing the concerning situation in the United Kingdom, where four in ten farms face closure under new green subsidy schemes. He connects this to his consistent warning against government subsidies that create dependency and ultimately destroy agricultural independence.

Loos draws a powerful connection between ruminant animals and freedom, arguing that countries with robust cattle, sheep, and goat inventories maintain liberty because these animals transform otherwise unusable grasslands into nutrient-dense food. He notes that the original cowboys, called vaqueros, were a multicultural group including freed black slaves, Hispanic drovers from Mexico, and immigrant workers who helped reunite America after the Civil War.

The conversation turns to National Day of the American Cowboy, celebrated the fourth Saturday of July. Loos explains how the cowboy image represents unity and resilience, forged during the cattle drives of 1865-1881 when six million head of cattle were trailed north on the Chisholm Trail and other routes. He encourages listeners to understand that attacks on the cowboy image are ultimately attacks on American values of self-reliance and freedom.

“Show me someone being a country that has a ruminant animal inventory, such as cows, sheep, goats, bison, whatever your flavor may be. I’ll show you a country that has freedom and liberty, because the majority of every country, in terms of land mass, will not produce food to feed people. And yet these ruminant animals made by God will take this saleless material, otherwise of no value, and upcycle it into the most nutrient-dense food substance on the planet.”

– Trent Loos, 6th Generation Farmer and Rancher

Grassroots Efforts to Protect Children Through Ballot Initiatives

Start listening at 16:20 – Hour 1

Volunteer activist Shamae Navarro discusses her work gathering signatures for two Protect Kids Colorado ballot initiatives. The first would protect girls’ sports by keeping biological boys out of female athletic competitions, preserving Title IX protections for scholarships and championships.

The second initiative addresses parental notification, requiring schools to inform parents within 48 hours if their child expresses gender incongruence. Navarro explains this became necessary after the passage of HB 241039, which allows students to use different names at school without parental knowledge or consent. She shares her personal experience finding rainbow propaganda at her son’s church-based preschool, underscoring the need for parental vigilance even in faith-based settings.

Navarro encourages listeners to visit protectkidscolorado.org to sign petitions before the August 1st deadline, noting that the Catholic Diocese of Colorado has endorsed the initiatives and welcomed petition drives at parishes throughout the state.

“It kind of works just in because it’s necessary after the passage of HB 241039, which is the non-legal name change, which allows students to identify as a new name without parental consent or even knowledge. And so it’s just the parents right to know, which is our primary responsibility to address, you know, our child’s health, our child’s mental health and just to be there.”

– Shamae Navarro, Protect Kids Colorado Volunteer