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Big Retailer to Processed Food Makers: Here’s Your Hat…

by David Gumpert | May 22, 2015 | Food Clubs, Nutrition | 26 comments

The news just gets worse and worse for the corporate processed food makers. Earlier this week, Target Corp., a major retailer of food, clothing, and such served notice on the factory-food producers to take their processed stuff and, well, stuff it. In a radical move,...

Silver Lining? KY Illnesses Could Change Raw Milk “Narrative”

by David Gumpert | Oct 4, 2014 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation | 93 comments

The “narrative” on raw milk from the public health community has been heavily negative, going something like this: Raw milk producers skimp on safety. They are just in it for the money, selling raw milk at high prices to line their pockets. The raw milk community is...

A Food-Borne Illness Mystery: Did Raw Milk Sicken 5 KY Kids?

by David Gumpert | Sep 28, 2014 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 154 comments

It’s been more than two weeks since the media began reporting on five Kentucky children hospitalized with E.coli O157:H7. The reporting was straightforward, with no mention of the possibility that raw milk might be the cause of the illnesses.  Since those...

Appeals Court Prohibits Two WI Farm Families from Distributing Raw Milk, Unless…

by David Gumpert | Aug 9, 2014 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 15 comments

An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released a couple days ago showed that more than 70% of Americans feel the country is “headed in the wrong direction.”  Now, “headed in the wrong direction” can mean different things to different people—failure to deal...

MI Food Seizure Aftermath: They Wonder Why People Are Pissed?

by David Gumpert | Jul 20, 2014 | Food Clubs, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance | 25 comments

Jenny Samuelson was all set to do the deal dictated by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development: Dispose of nearly $5,000 worth of raw milk, cream, butter, eggs, and cheese. Under MDARD supervision, she was to bring the 250 gallons of milk to a...

How VGN’s Tussle With FTC Sapped Its Financial Strength

by David Gumpert | Jun 29, 2014 | Food Clubs, Legal, Regulation | 21 comments

It turns out that Village Green Network wasn’t just forging new income opportunities for food bloggers.  It was also forging a new advertising path with federal regulators.  VGN’s role connecting large numbers of bloggers to producers of...

Wherein My Food Conference Skit Works So Well, I Am Put on the Hot Seat; MD Hearing

by David Gumpert | Jan 27, 2014 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Regulation | 69 comments

I got a taste Sunday of what it is like to be a government food policy official in enemy territory.  I spoke at the NOFA-NJ Winter Conference in Lincroft, NJ, and decided to assume the role of David Edwards, a high-ranking (and fictitious) food policy...

Putting Vonderplanitz, and Conspiracies, to Rest; Comments Commentary

by David Gumpert | Sep 29, 2013 | Food Clubs, Nutrition | 39 comments

In death, as in life, food rights advocate and nutritionist Aajonus Vonderplanitz continues to stir up controversy. Now, it’s over his death, and whether he died as detailed by a number of witnesses, including his girlfriend in Thailand, in an accident. I spoke...
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