by David Gumpert | Nov 5, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Regulation |
Ive been reading a lot about GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in preparation for the debate I am moderating Thursday evening between Virginia farmer Joel Salatin and holistic physician Joseph Mercola in Atlanta. The debate, a fund-raiser for the...
by David Gumpert | Oct 31, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Resistance |
Minnesotas relentless decade-long pursuit of dairy farmer Michael Hartmann finally ran off the road, when a state judge ruled earlier this month that the state conducted an illegal search of the farmers truck.In a strongly worded 30-page opinion, Minnesota Judge...
by David Gumpert | Oct 17, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Last week, the Raw Milk Institute (RAWMI) held its second annual Training Day. It brought together a wide range of people that would have been unthinkable three or four years ago. RAWMI founder Mark McAfee provides this account of the people and happenings of the...
by David Gumpert | Oct 11, 2013 | Food Safety, Regulation |
I was explaining to a friend yesterday that the federal government in the form of the U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to allow a multibillion-dollar food corporation to sell product, even after its chicken has been associated with hundreds of illnesses, many...
by David Gumpert | Oct 9, 2013 | Food Safety, Regulation, Research |
Theres an outbreak of illnesses from salmonella in chicken that is making national headlines–278 people in 18 states have been sickened. More alarming is the fact that 42% of those sickened have been hospitalized, and that the pathogen seems resistant to...
by David Gumpert | Oct 4, 2013 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation, Research |
It is encouraging to learn from Mark McAfee of Organic Pastures Dairy Co. about the growing acceptance among scientific researchers in California of raw milk (per his comments following my previous post). I have written in the past about the open-mindedness of...
by David Gumpert | Sep 13, 2013 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
Ive been reading through academic papers being presented this weekend at a Yale University conference on food sovereignty. Ive been learning some new terms from reading papers being presented at the conference. One term that rang a bell is the cunning...
by David Gumpert | Sep 6, 2013 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Once again, we learn the power of all those regulator warnings about the dangers of raw milk–they just seem to expand the market for raw milk and other dairy products. According to Edwin Shank, owner of The Family Cow in Pennsylvania, which re-opened last...
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