The Highwire with Del Bigtree - CALL FOR AMERICANS TO CANCEL KELLOGG’S AFTER HISTORIC PROTEST

Episode Date: October 22, 2024

This week, “The Highwire” live streamed a historic rally led by the Food Babe, Vani Hari, along with over a thousand protesters who marched to Kellogg’s headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan. There they delivered more than 400,000 signed petitions demanding harmful food dyes and the chemical preservative BHT be removed from their cereals in the US, like it is internationally. The cereal giant’s refusal to meet with petitioners has resulted in a countrywide call to cancel Kellogg’s.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-highwire-with-del-bigtree--3620606/support.

There are so many people waking up. There's a movement that's sweeping the world talking about all the toxic chemicals. They're in our air, our food, our water. And, you know, this week, the High Wire, just on Tuesday broadcast one of the sort of most intense, powerful, beautiful rallies we have seen yet. And they marched right up to the doors of Kellogg's to ask, is there a reason? reason why you're poisoning our cereal more than the cereal, the same cereal that you give to other nations, that was at the heart of this rally and it looked a little bit like this. It's time for Kellogg's to do the right thing for American families.

Kellogg's, do you hear me? Are you going to meet us? Today must be the start of a movement where food companies realize that the game is up. We have over 400,000 petitions to deliver to Kellogg's today. Please let us in. You cannot turn your back on this many voices. We are here in Battle Creek. We see a battle backed by millions upon millions of dollars, waging war on the health and the well-being of our children.

Kellogg's can and must do better. The health of our families should not. never come second to profit. No more shortcuts and no more excuses. You guys are dealing with so many things on a day-to-day basis when it comes to being a parent and worrying about poison in your children's food should never be one of them in the United States of America. As a medical doctor, but more importantly as a father, artificial dies and BHT in our children's food are not okay. Kelox can do something right now. It can lead. It can take these toxins. ingredients out of their food. Let's let our voices be heard in Kellogg's do the right thing.

Thank you. I am tired of being misled and manipulated about our food. I'm tired of companies compromising our health for profit. It is not anti-science to demand the same standards already being enforced in other countries. The majority of Americans don't even know that they're constantly exposed to thousands of untested ingredients that are actually banned or regulated in other countries. Right over the border, there's a box of fruit loops from Canada that's colored naturally with carrot juice, blueberry juice, and watermelon juice. The American version has four different artificial food dyes in the preservative BHT, which is an endocrine disrupting chemical linked to cancer. We consume around 17 million pounds of food dyes per year. That's a

400% increase in the past 20 years alone. When I was born, zero states had a 20% obesity rate. Now every single state has at least a 20% obesity rate. The media and the medical establishment seem to want you to believe that these changes are normal. We see what's going on out there. It's the toxins. It's our environment.

It's our food. There are 16 studies I read alone in the past few weeks that have demonstrated that consuming food dies in B.HT is linked to ADHD, allergies, asthma, gastrointestinal issues, eczema, and learning disabilities in children. Disease is cured by the body itself, not by doctors or remedies. You know who said that? The serial icon himself, John Harvey Kellogg. There's predatory things happening in our food system.

And the message is, we can fix this. We are going to march to Kellogg's to deliver over 400,000 voices and demand they meet with us. Now everyone, are you ready to march? I have a meeting and then we're going to come out. I'm with corporate security, a lot of spoke person who can help facilitate the delivery of the petitions. The only is part access only, so we can not let anybody in today. Okay, so you're not good. No one's going to come in deliver. We don't have it.

We will take these, I will take these where they need to go. they need to go. Uh-huh. And the leadership will review them. You can reach out to them online on the website through investor relations. So no one's willing to meet with us in person. I'm with corporate security. I'm not a spokesperson.

I can't answer that question. Can you go talk to your boss and see if you can talk to someone in there? I'm sure someone in the C-level executive suite will come out and talk to us. I mean, we have 400,000 voices here on a petition. We've been calling, we've been emailing, we've been sending letters to your corporate headquarters to have a meeting and discussion. We have a shareholder right here that's being denied entry to the building to have a meeting. I appreciate your efforts. However, I will escalate this to leadership and they will respond again. So Kellogg's is going to turn their back on the American

children today. I am just with corporate security and I'm not a spokesperson for Kellogg. Heidi from. Let us say. Not the corporate greed of Kellogg's right now. This is a slap in the face to every American children. Honestly, by this reaction, they've grossly mishandled this. They could have come out. There was only a few of us that were willing to peacefully talk to try to help them. I'm really shocked. They have been completely silent and the fact that they won't even invite Bonnie in to have a conversation, speaks volumes.

I know that Kraft invited her in to have a conversation. So why isn't Kellogg's? Just have a conversation with us. It's not that hard. I know the executives in this building then set up the system, but they are propagating a system. A system that is serving really harmful ingredients to kids. But they can change. We can change quickly.

I want them to know that. Hellog, I get it. They are a massive Titanic ship, but it's time to pivot. It's time to evolve. It's time to do the right thing. So they have a choice right now. I am going to ask and plead with the American public that we now turn up the heat.

And the fastest way to turn up to heat is just don't buy their stuff. Don't buy any of their stuff. We need to vote with our wallet. So come on, moms, let's cancel Kellogg's. The awareness of us coming here and delivering these petitions and continuing to spread this message will reach every single American in this country. And that is my goal from this day forward to get to every single American so they know the truth about our food industry. We're not going to stop. We're going to keep demanding change.

And we're going to lead the boycott on Kellogg's. Well, I mean, you know, for those of you, the thousands of you that were watching that live and over thousands. people that were there in person. What an amazing event and so many different emotions I felt while watching that. I mean, from the outrage that this is even possible, that what is supposed to be the greatest nation in the world will not protect its children as well as other nations do their children. It's an abomination. And then to see these children that were there and then just chanting let us in and the fact that they didn't even allow a conversation. Didn't bring Vani in or any of the great speakers that were there.

Every other time she's done this, they have brought her in. Maybe they think that's what the secret sauce is. There's everyone else that did talk to Vani ended up having to change their product. And we don't want to stop having to poison children. So don't let them in and maybe we get away with this. It's really a crime that we didn't see every news agency in the world broadcasting this. You know, where was CNN on this? Or even Fox, for that matter, hopefully they all find the footage and do what's right and start calling Kellogg's out.

But I want to say this. As high-wire viewers, you know you've got to do what's right. I'll wait. I'll give you time. You can go into your covers right now and find every Kellogg's product that you happen to have in your house and go ahead and dump that in the garbage. Because we cannot allow. We cannot say, oh, our politicians. have got to change this and when are they going to clean up our regulatory agencies to fix this if we're not willing to go ahead and do what we need to do to be a part of this we've got to boycott kellogs cancel kellogs if you will it's very important that the people stand up and that we support our concern for our children we support good food not poisonous food this entire movement starts with us it changes with us this is how we assert our power you vote

with your dollars. And I hope that nobody watching this show will put a single red cent towards Kellogg's until they fix this mess and fix this product. I just want to thank all the people that, you know, stood out there in the cold, all the great speakers. I want to thank my staff for doing such a brilliant job. Can you imagine? Not only are these heartless, dead souls that work at Kellogg's not speaking to the people out there and the children out there, but to put up a sign in the window that says get off our lawn. Really, it's a sad state of affairs, but it just shows you what that company, who they hire, and what they care about. Please don't let them near your kids any longer.