by Brian Shilhavy

Traditional Mexican agriculture follows the ancient traditions of the “milpa”, which is a system of small-scale family agriculture that pre-dates the Spaniards arrival in Mexico, and even pre-dates the Aztec Empire.

In this simple, time-honored method of small-scale family agriculture, the milpa consists of its main crop, corn (maiz), along with other native crops that co-exist and enhance the soil along with the corn, such as heritage beans and squash.

The beans grow on vines that wrap themselves around the corn stalks, while large leafy crops such as squash and pumpkins grow and spread along the bottom close to the soil, giving weeds and other undesirable plants no chance to grow, and require no chemicals whatsoever that need to be applied to the native, heirloom crops, or the soil that they grow upon.

After harvest, the corn stalks are burned down returning key nutrients to the soil through its ashes.

Here is a short video that describes the milpa system.

Here is another 5-minute documentary produced by the UN showing how Mexicans are reviving this ancient agricultural system, mainly with women. (Note: We do not support or fund the United Nations nor any of their agencies and programs, but this is a very well-produced short documentary that is very educational regarding the “milpa”.)

In my online store, Healthy Traditions, we have already been selling native, heirloom corn from small-scale milpa communities for over two years now, including our famous corn tortilla chips fried in our own coconut oil, because it is the only place we have found corn that consistently tests clean for GMOs and the herbicide glyphosate, which has contaminated the North American corn supply.

Today, we are announcing another ancient, heirloom product that is produced in these small-scale milpa agricultural systems, Ayocote beans!

These ancient “super beans” are heirloom beans that have been handed down from generation to generation through families living in Mesoamerica long before the Spaniards arrived, and even before the Aztec Empire, and date back to 6000 years!

Ayeócotl (Náhuatl)

Ayocote (Phaseolus coccineus leiosepalus), also known as ayeócotl in the native náhuatl language, is a climbing legume, with pre-Hispanic origins.

It is grown by all indigenous communities of the Mexican plateau, even at over 2,000 meters above sea level. Due to its widespread presence, even in very different climate conditions, Ayocotes have developed an ample genetic variety: Mexico’s genetic resource bank preserves over 800 different known varieties.

Ayocote beans have been highly valued since ancient times for their ability to endure extreme temperatures and various altitudes, as well as for the ease with which their seeds can be preserved for years, making them essential during food shortages. There are more than 150 species of beans worldwide, but only 31 are native to Mexico.

However, bean consumption in Mexico has been declining in recent years, and there is a movement now in Mexico to preserve these ancient bean varieties, as well as other heirloom seeds such as corn.

The Mexico Daily News published an article last year (2025), highlighting this move in Mexico to preserve their native agricultural heritage which is being threatened by Big Ag and mass production of agricultural products using GMO varieties and herbicides like glyphosate.

Taste of Mexico: Beans

by María Meléndez

It is often said that Mexican culture is built on corn, but beans were as important for the development of the pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica.

Excerpts:

Beans have been highly valued since ancient times for their ability to endure extreme temperatures and various altitudes, as well as for the ease with which their seeds can be preserved for years, making them essential during food shortages.

Beans were a crucial component of the milpa, an agricultural system designed to provide the three staple ingredients of the Mesoamerican diet: corn, beans and squash. This system operated in perfect harmony: corn served as a structure for the beans to climb, beans enriched the soil with nitrogen, and squash helped retain moisture throughout the season.

Are we endangering our bean tradition?

Despite being essential to our ancestors, bean consumption in Mexico has declined significantly in recent decades. In the 1980s, the average Mexican ate 16 kilos of beans yearly, while average consumption in 2024 was only 7.7 kilos, according to a 2021 report by the Ministry of Agriculture (Sader).

Several factors contribute to this decline. Preparing beans requires more time, and our consumption of meat and processed foods has increased.

Culturally, beans are often viewed as food for the poor. I remember that whenever someone in my family faced economic challenges, my grandparents would dramatically say,

“Even if we can only afford to eat beans, we will remain honorable people.”

Today, various organizations and communities are working to preserve Mexico’s native beans through the milpa system.

Additionally, in late 2024, President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that the federal government would seek to increase bean and corn production by 30% and bring attention back to endemic varieties of corn and beans in order to achieve self-sufficiency in production.

Full Article.

I was recently able to purchase enough of these rare, heirloom super beans to offer them to the public through Healthy Traditions.

We now have available for ordering online, Mexican Heirloom Ayocote Mixed Beans, and Mexican Heirloom Ayocote Black Beans.

I bought up their entire remaining supply, so we only have enough to sell in 5 lb. and 15 lb. sizes while supplies last, as we will not have enough to sell in bulk 5-gallon pails until early 2027, when the next harvest comes in and where I have already put in my request to purchase as much as we can.

You can order from this page while supplies last.

Healthy Traditions

The ancient Mexican “milpa” traditional agricultural system is very similar to the ancient agricultural systems of the Philippines I observed firsthand while living on a farm in a rural community on Mt. Banahaw with my family in the late 1990s, and first couple of years of 2000.

When I told the poor, rural farmers living in that community, most of whom were trying to get out of their rural community and go to the big city in Manila or get visas to the Middle East or the U.S. where they thought life was better and they could earn more money, that they were in fact rich due to their native, natural agricultural system, they did not believe me.

So I had to show them that what I was saying was true, by marketing the coconut oil of the “poor people” that was made by hand in their kitchen from fresh coconuts, which we call today our “Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil,” and kicked off the Coconut Oil revolution in the U.S. as I leveraged the emerging technology of the Internet back then, educating Americans on the truth about edible oils and saturated fats.

When you buy our Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil today, you are supporting these poor, agricultural workers who still produce this coconut oil the same way by hand.

And the same is true when you purchase our Mexican products produced from community milpa agricultural small-scale producers, like our new Ayocote Super beans!

Products produced from these ancient agricultural small-scale producers are some of the most nutrient-dense products you can purchase on the planet, and we test them also to make sure there is no cross-contamination from GMO seeds and glyphosate-sprayed crops.

Technology and AI cannot replicate the human wisdom of these small-scale farmers! Faith in modern agriculture and their mass-production of contaminated crops is what could potentially produce starvation and malnutrition.

Sustainable and nutritious agricultural systems that require human labor are what is going to be able to provide food security and be able to feed people around the world going forward, and it requires a return to the past and agricultural systems that have nourished the earth’s populations for thousands of years, and NOT the false promises of the technologists and their false techno-prophecies of the future!

To Adam he said,

“Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”

(Genesis 3:17-19)

Do you really believe that the Technocrats can overcome the curse of God on the earth??

I don’t, and that’s why Healthy Traditions exists, to support HUMAN LABOR and ancient agricultural systems which are the ONLY hope for the future and food security.

This article was written by Human Superior Intelligence (HSI)

See Also:

Understand the Times We are Currently Living Through

The Brain Myth: Your Intellect and Thoughts Originate in Your Heart, Not Your Brain

Is God’s Patience About to Run Out on the United States?

Second Edition of eBook Released: The Concept of the American Christian Family is a Myth and is NOT Found Anywhere in the Bible – by Brian Shilhavy

FREE eBook! Restoring the Foundation of New Testament Faith in Jesus Christ – by Brian Shilhavy

KABBALAH: The Anti-Christ Religion of Satan that Controls the World Today

Exposing the Christian Zionism Cult

The Bewitching of America with the Evil Eye and the Mark of the Beast

Jesus Christ’s Opposition to the Jewish State: Lessons for Today

Identifying the Luciferian Globalists Implementing the New World Order – Who are the “Jews”?

 

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by Brian Shilhavy

Questionable Argentine beef is reportedly flooding the U.S. market in an effort to lower beef prices which are soaring right now.

It is being reported that beef prices have hit record highs in the U.S. due to a cattle shortage that is worsening. (Source.)

Fortunately, Healthy Traditions customers and Health Impact News readers now have a wonderful opportunity to purchase a half cow cut into USDA certified premium cuts from our famous Galloway beef herd in western Wisconsin as we begin our Fall processing!

We only process our famous Galloway beef during a short window of time each year starting in October when the herd is still grazing on green grass. They are not only “grass fed” but also “grass finished” as we never finish them off in feedlots.

In order to secure as many head of Galloway cows this year as possible from our small-scale family farmers, for a limited time we are offering bulk half cows sent directly to you with FREE shipping.

This will allow you to store some of the finest grass-fed beef in your own freezer for a fraction of the cost it would take to place multiple orders throughout the year, and to have some food security to the rising beef prices in the U.S. due to the cattle shortages this year.

Grass-fed Traditions is one of the major product lines in my online store, Healthy Traditions, which was started almost two decades ago, working with small-scale family farmers in Western Wisconsin, most of whom are Amish.

One of the Amish families we started working with back then had an amazing herd of beef cattle that was 100% grass-fed and grass-finished, but they could only sell their beef as “organic”, which meant they got the same price per pound as beef cows raised in feedlots on “organic” grains.

One of the breeds they worked with that was available in that area of Wisconsin was the very rare Galloway breed of beef cattle.

Galloway cattle are an ancient breed that originated in the rugged hill country of southwestern Scotland. They are related to the Angus which was developed in northeastern Scotland.

While the Angus was selected for rapid growth on better feed in feedlots, the Galloway was selected for its ability to thrive on poor forage in a cold wet climate.

They are a very ancient and rare breed, numbering only about 26,000 worldwide, with most herds located in Europe. They were first imported to the United States in the 1850s and are very rare in the U.S., and we are one of the few (and possibly only) retailers offering them to the public.

The Galloway, unrivaled as a grazing breed, utilizes coarse grasses frequently shunned by other breeds. They have the ability to produce a high quality beef product directly from grass.

Results of a multi-breed research project conducted by a Canadian Government Experiment Station, reveal that the Galloway ranks second only to the Buffalo in hair density tests.

The robust, hardy nature of the Galloway is especially suited for northern harsh climates. This makes them a perfect fit for the cold, harsh winters of Western Wisconsin.

The claim that Galloway beef is juicy, tender, and flavorful is substantiated in USDA tests of Galloway crossbreds, when compared with eleven other breeds.

During the winter months they still eat only grass, but as hay, stacked in tall Amish hay stacks.

Here is a video we produced over 15 years ago, and we have practiced these same standards every year since then.

Half Cows Now Available to the Public for Bulk Purchases to Fight Rising Beef Costs!

We only process our famous Galloway beef during a short window of time each year starting in October when the herd is still grazing on green grass.

As we now approach our Fall butchering schedule, this is the ONLY TIME all year that you can purchase a half cow, by pre-ordering it before we start butchering to reserve your own portion.

This will allow you to store some of the finest grass-fed American beef in your own freezer for a fraction of the cost it would take to place multiple orders throughout the year, if supplies even last through the whole year (2027), which will depend upon consumer demand and beef supplies available throughout the U.S.

For each of these options you will need to plan to have approximately 4.5 cu. ft. of chest freezer or a 5.5 cu. ft. upright freezer space to store your beef.

Each of these options represents approximately a half a cow portion from one of our prime Galloway steers that are roughly 2 years of age.  Your half will include 150 pounds of beef and will be delivered cut and packaged.

We are offering an amazing price of only $17.99 lb. DELIVERED to you with FREE Shipping!

When you buy a half cow, your price per lb. is the same for all of the cuts.

So a $60 per lb. retail price on a premium steak like a filet, for example, is the same price per lb. as your ground beef, which in this package is your delivered price including shipping.

All 4 options come with 3-4 day shipping included for most locations within the lower 48 states. Our shipping boxes are made from non-Styrofoam insulation and can be composted, or it will breakdown in the trash very quickly. We pack each box with a large amount of dry ice to ensure it will make it to your door without getting above a safe temperature.

Our first processing date will be before the end of October, and this is a first-come first-serve offer whiles supplies last, as our farmers have a limited amount of cattle to be processed. So to reserve your bulk purchase, please order right away while these half cows are available.

If there are more cows available in November, we might be able to offer more of these packages by the end of November.

Learn more about the various packages and cuts available here.

DISCLAIMER: Brian Shilhavy is the Editor of Health Impact News, and the founder and CEO of Healthy Traditions. Everything published on the Health Impact News network is available to the public free of charge, with a Creative Commons license offered to all who wish to republish my articles, with attribution, free of charge, as I earn my income from Healthy Traditions.

Healthy Traditions, originally Tropical Traditions, has served customers in the U.S. for over 24 years. Learn more here about the obstacles we have overcome for over 2 decades:

Healthy Traditions: 20 Years of Demonstrating God’s Faithfulness in Offering an Alternative to Commodity Food and Products

Related:

Is Trump Importing Contaminated Beef from Argentina While Giving American Cattle Ranchers the Middle Finger?

This article was written by Human Superior Intelligence (HSI)

See Also:

Understand the Times We are Currently Living Through

The Brain Myth: Your Intellect and Thoughts Originate in Your Heart, Not Your Brain

Is God’s Patience About to Run Out on the United States?

Second Edition of eBook Released: The Concept of the American Christian Family is a Myth and is NOT Found Anywhere in the Bible – by Brian Shilhavy

FREE eBook! Restoring the Foundation of New Testament Faith in Jesus Christ – by Brian Shilhavy

KABBALAH: The Anti-Christ Religion of Satan that Controls the World Today

Exposing the Christian Zionism Cult

The Bewitching of America with the Evil Eye and the Mark of the Beast

Jesus Christ’s Opposition to the Jewish State: Lessons for Today

Identifying the Luciferian Globalists Implementing the New World Order – Who are the “Jews”?

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by Brian Shilhavy
Health Impact News

Earlier this year I reported how President Trump issued an executive order mandating domestic production of glyphosate-based herbicides for use in agriculture and the military.

See:

Trump Issues EO to Produce More Glyphosate Herbicide in the U.S. After Bayer Settles Cancer Lawsuits for Hundreds of $Millions

Then, just a few days later, I reported how the current U.S. Farm bill is seeking to give legal immunity to Bayer for harm caused by glyphosate.

WAR ON FOOD! Trump Administration Traitors Lobbying for Bayer to Poison our Food with Glyphosate

Now it is being reported that Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has allowed Bayer/Monsanto to choose their own regulations they are willing to abide by for another destructive herbicide, dicamba.

The Guardian has picked up this story.

US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show

Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule

The EPA allowed pesticide giant Bayer to pick from a menu of regulation options for the controversial and destructive weedkiller dicamba, newly released internal agency documents show.

The documents provide an unusually clear look into the process of developing pesticide regulations, which is typically done out of public view.

It shows in detail how the EPA asked Bayer which regulations it wanted, received a response from Bayer, then put Bayer’s choices into a proposed federal rule.

Dicamba is drift prone and kills vegetation and crops for miles around fields where it is sprayed, and is linked to liver cancer and Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Courts have twice ordered it off the market because of its drift problems, but the EPA has re-approved it.

Full article.

If you want to learn more about the herbicide dicamba, here are a couple of articles about the history of the use of this dangerous herbicide in the U.S. that the EPA continues to allow:

Dicamba Drift Turned Neighbors Into Enemies. EPA Just Brought It Back.

Dicamba: Concerns about cancer and crop damage

It has been well documented that Trump’s EPA in his second term is run by former industry insiders and lobbyists from the very industry it is supposed to regulate. See:

Who’s Running Trump’s EPA?

Not only are they seeking to give legal protection to Bayer for their dangerous herbicides which have been ruled in the U.S. Courts to cause cancer and other diseases, they have also removed regulations for power plants that pollute the air so that data centers can be built very quickly to fuel the energy needed for more AI development.

These actions are being sold to the Conservative MAGA movement as necessary to roll back “climate change” regulations by “the liberals” which they claim are based on bad science, and hamper industry development.

But these actions have nothing to do with fighting back against the “climate change agenda”, and have everything to do with enriching the pockets of Trump’s friends in the industry who do not want to be regulated anymore for purely economic reasons that have nothing to do with the environment or the health of the U.S. population.

Americans from both sides of the political spectrum are now opposing things like these data center developments, so don’t fall for the partisan political games!

AI Data Center Opposition Unites People Across Political Lines as Trump Attacks Americans Who Oppose Big Tech

Know Where Your Food Comes From

It is getting more and more dangerous to purchase food from the big box retailers stocking commodity food. Your beef could be from Argentina from shipments that were rejected by China (source), and much of the food you purchase could be contaminated with chemicals that have been banned in most other countries and have been legally shown to cause disease in a court of law.

Your government here in the U.S. is NOT looking out for you! So you need to become a health-conscious consumer, and try to purchase food where you know where it came from and how it was produced.

My own online story, Healthy Traditions, provides options for food produced by small-scale family farmers where we have thoroughly tested it.

We are sourcing more and more of our food from outside the U.S., due to necessity. Starting this year, 2026, we are only purchasing grains from Italy, where their standards for food are far superior to the USDA national organics program.

We stopped participating in the USDA organic program years ago, due to the influence of Big Food that has watered down the standards and still allows trace amounts of herbicides and pesticides. See:

Big Food has Taken Over the USDA National Organic Program – Why I am no Longer Importing Certified Organic Food

We have consistently tested products in the U.S. that claim to be “organic” or “GMO free” and have routinely found these products contaminated with dangerous herbicides like glyphosate, and GMO DNA.

And they are not even violating USDA organic standards.

In Europe, and especially in Italy, if someone makes a claim to having a European organic certification and then those products are tested to be contaminated, they lose their license to sell, and face criminal charges, unlike the U.S.

Americans have no one to blame for the sad state of our food and food production here in the U.S., however, except themselves, because the American consumer still has the largest voice and the most influence when it comes to food standards.

But people buy in to the partisan political debates and falsely think they can just vote the right person into power to solve their problems.

The most effective way, however, to bring about change, is by voting with your dollars and where you spend your money.

This is the only thing that will affect change, but it takes a lot more effort to seek out ethical food producers in your community and support them instead. It is just so much easier to stop at the Big Box grocery stores where you can get all your shopping done in minutes.

Convenience has a price: and it may cost you your life.

This article was written by Human Superior Intelligence (HSI)

See Also:

Understand the Times We are Currently Living Through

The Brain Myth: Your Intellect and Thoughts Originate in Your Heart, Not Your Brain

Is God’s Patience About to Run Out on the United States?

Second Edition of eBook Released: The Concept of the American Christian Family is a Myth and is NOT Found Anywhere in the Bible – by Brian Shilhavy

FREE eBook! Restoring the Foundation of New Testament Faith in Jesus Christ – by Brian Shilhavy

KABBALAH: The Anti-Christ Religion of Satan that Controls the World Today

Exposing the Christian Zionism Cult

The Bewitching of America with the Evil Eye and the Mark of the Beast

Jesus Christ’s Opposition to the Jewish State: Lessons for Today

Identifying the Luciferian Globalists Implementing the New World Order – Who are the “Jews”?

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