Cultural anthropologists venture out into the world beyond the university, to study and try to understand people and their cultures often distant geographically and different in ideas and practices from their own. To do this they employ some simple procedures, that they dignify with the label “methodology,” to ensure or at least increase the probability of reining in their own assumptions and expectations, in order to grasp the reality of the world that they have entered. I shall return to these reality-oriented “techniques” below. In the meanwhile, an update on our ways of knowing.
Over the past decade, our schools and universities have changed their understanding, teaching, research, and administration by reorienting to an ideal-based perspective. It was assumed that, in most societal matters, we had discovered what the problems were, and had figured out the solutions. Inquiry was no longer necessary, because the answers were known. What was needed was activism to press forward the reforms that would put the answers into practice.
This utopian vision was attractive to many Americans, Canadians, Europeans, and other Westerners. The promised corrections to past injustices, and the assurances that fairness, and, yes, compassion, would guide the future working of educational, media, business, and governmental institutions. The promise was that oppressed, marginalized, and underserved minorities would be treated well, even if that meant special measures and focused preferences.
In academia, new programs and employees were dedicated to particular populations that claimed attention, and recruitment of students and staff, funding, benefits, were directed on that basis, and even facilities were designed and allocated with those populations in mind. Special employees were hired to enforce the ideals of this utopian vision. The school system, employees for which were trained in universities, followed by designing the curriculum and facilities to enforce the new goals.
This new vision, or ideology, was labelled “social justice,” and the particular measures instituted to apply it were “diversity, equity, and inclusion.” The underlying assumption was that all societies are based on those with power oppressing those without power. And that, in Western countries, the differences of power were based on race, sex and gender, sexuality, and disability, but in particular cases culture and religion. […]
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Why One Survival Food Company Shines Above the Rest
Let’s be real. “Prepper Food” or “Survival Food” is generally awful. The vast majority of companies that push their cans, bags, or buckets desperately hope that their customers never try them and stick them in the closet or pantry instead. Why? Because if the first time they try them is after the crap hits the fan, they’ll be too shaken to call and complain about the quality.
It’s true. Most long-term storage food is made with the cheapest possible ingredients with limited taste and even less nutritional value. This is why they tout calories so much. Sure, they provide calories but does anyone really want to go into the apocalypse with food their family can’t stand?
This is what prompted the Llewellyns to launch Heaven’s Harvest. They bought survival food from multiple companies and determined they couldn’t imagine being stuck in an extended emergency with such low-quality food. They quickly discovered that freeze drying food for long-term storage doesn’t have to mean sacrificing flavor, consistency, or nutrition.
Their ingredients are all-American. In fact, they’re locally sourced and all-natural! This allows their products to be the highest quality on the market, so good that their customers often break open a bag in a pinch to eat because they want to, not just because they have to due to an emergency.
At Heaven’s Harvest, their only focus is amazing food. They don’t sell bugout bags, solar chargers, or multitools. They have one mission – feeding Americans in times of crisis.
What they DO offer is the ability for people to thrive in times of greatest need. On top of long-term storage food, they offer seeds to help Americans for the truly long-term. They want them to grow their own food if possible which is why they offer only Heirloom, Non-GMO, Non-Hybrid, Open-Pollinated seeds so their customers can build permanent food security on their own property.
