Did I mention the eugenics yet?
Kellogg spent the last 30+ years of his life leading the "Race Betterment Foundation" - an organization devoted to eugenics and segregation.
He wanted the US to have a racial background registry to stop the wrong kinds of people from having the wrong kinds of kids.
![Kellogg's early views on circumcision did not instigate the adoption of the practice, as Lewis Sayre had already introduced the practice as a cure for a range of illnesses in the United States in 1870.[114] In early editions of Plain facts for old and young, Kellogg wrote:
"A remedy which is almost always successful in small boys is circumcision, especially when there is any degree of phimosis. The operation should be performed by a surgeon without administering an anaesthetic, as the brief pain attending the operation will have a salutary effect upon the mind, especially if it be connected with the idea of punishment, as it may well be in some cases. The soreness which continues for several weeks interrupts the practice, and if it had not previously become too firmly fixed, it may be forgotten and not resumed."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:23a2jubisfqhw3dw54qctdri/bafkreicprnby6phn6s7yafdud2yik3c4sjvlky7hzvnahww7o4arlksd6e)
![The land had been on John Bunyan Slaughter's U Lazy S Ranch.[7] In 1906 Slaughter sold it to C. W. Post, the breakfast cereal manufacturer, who founded "Post City" as a utopian colonizing venture in 1907. Post devised the community as a model town.[8][9] He purchased 200,000 acres (810 km2) of ranchland and established the Double U Company to manage the town's construction. The company built trim houses and numerous structures including the Algerita Hotel, a gin, and a textile plant. They planted trees along every street and prohibited alcoholic beverages and brothels. The Double U Company rented and sold farms and houses to settlers.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:23a2jubisfqhw3dw54qctdri/bafkreifperedhqolpe22ivmxmpu5pnoln2xpgd67qbswbxiwhrzx3fycxm)
![Post was a staunch opponent of the trade union movement and was remembered by the National Association of Manufacturers as one who "opposed bitterly boycotts, strikes, lockouts, picketing and other forms of coercion in the relations between employer and employee". Post was also a leading public advocate of the open shop system.[1] However, as compensation,](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:23a2jubisfqhw3dw54qctdri/bafkreibjlzkgs5pkey536y22zk44vq36jxrzdsq3sbxjfqynv46r36mhry)
![Post began a period of extensive travels in search of a cure, coming to take particular interest in the chemistry of digestion.[1] After a period traversing Europe, Post visited the Battle Creek Sanitarium of Battle Creek, Michigan, a facility operated by John Harvey Kellogg (brother of Kellogg Company founder Will Keith Kellogg). Post has been accused of stealing several of Kellogg's recipes, including Kellogg's Caramel Coffee Cereal (Post's Postum), Cornflakes (Post Toasties) and granola (Grape-Nuts).[4][5]
In 1895, Post founded Postum Cereal Co., with his first product, Postum cereal beverage. Post's first breakfast cereal premiered in 1897, and he named the product Grape-Nuts cereal because of the fruity aroma noticed during the manufacturing process and the nutty crunch of the finished product. In 1904,](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:23a2jubisfqhw3dw54qctdri/bafkreihhmt3wlnwdmyzu55cwbxb33de74i5fg46gmnfsrplbc63umnjdpy)
![Screenshot of Wikipedia page for John Harvey Kellogg. Above his photo, the last lines of the introductory paragraphs are visible. The text reads:
"Kellogg was [also] a cofounder of the Race Betterment Foundation, an organization that promoted eugenics and racial segregation."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:23a2jubisfqhw3dw54qctdri/bafkreibaxos7nobgcjuny5ioqglh3y5l4aiv4w66odeddy33deejynth6y)
