There was a time when most people produced their own food. By working day and night, they grew their own crops and fish were farmed in their own ponds. Maybe cow's milk could be obtained from a known cowherd. There was a little doubt, the cow does not mix more water in the milk? The opportunity to investigate was at hand.
But times have changed. As a result of industrialization, the burden of our food production has passed into the hands of others. We have no chance to know where our food is coming from. Just believe and accept. But in this age of extreme profiteering mentality, where is the opportunity for that belief?
As soon as you open the page of the newspaper, you can see various methods of mixing adulterated food. A class of people is doing it regularly without caring about ethics. So our worries about almost all foods are extreme - it does not contain any harmful chemicals?
Let's hear a story of hope in this time of despair. The story of a true hero. Who started the fight alone to ensure safe food for the American people. He stood up against all the food producing companies and stood up for the people.
The protagonist of the story is Harvey Washington Wiley. Born in 1844, on a farm in Indiana, USA. His father was a farmer. His father was also a conductor of the Underground Railroad. He helped runaway slaves to safety. So it can be said that Harvey got his education from working selflessly for the people and his interest in pure food from his farmer father.
He did not study much in his childhood. But the inquisitive mind was always chasing him. So at the age of twenty-one he started studying anew. At first the subject of interest was medicine. He also earned a degree from Indiana Medical College. But he soon realized that he could not tolerate human illness. So he left medical school and started taking new initiatives in chemistry.