Tear-Gassed and Pepper Sprayed For Rescuing Beagles: What Really Happened at Ridglan Farms

The Food Heals Podcast: Like Sex & the City for food. Interviews with Gabby Bernstein, John Lee Dumas, Ben Greenfield & more by Allison Melody

Apr 24, 202646:50Health

We came prepared to carry beagles to safety. Instead, we walked into tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, manure trenches, chaos, fear, and what felt like a war zone. In this raw episode of Food Heals, Allison sits do...

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