by David Gumpert | Dec 11, 2012 | Food Safety, News Media, Research |
Media people love juicy data suggesting an untended-to crisis, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control has the perfect juicy data for anyone wanting to write about the supposed crisis in food safety. The scary data go like this: every year, millions of...
by David Gumpert | Dec 3, 2012 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation |
You have to give credit where credit is due–to Indiana regulators who have just issued a report about possibly loosening the state’s strict prohibitions on raw milk.But while they are refreshingly candid in identifying key problems in the debate over...
by David Gumpert | Dec 1, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Regulation, Resistance |
Last February, a Wisconsin judge imposed a temporary injunction prohibiting Arlin Bender from slaughtering cattle and pigs on behalf of neighboring farmers, at the request of the state’s Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP). In July,...
by David Gumpert | Nov 17, 2012 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation |
What is the essential ingredient enabling farmers and food club operators to successfully resist the seemingly endless government assaults and incursions on private food arrangements?Nearly without exception, it has been community support, according to several...
by David Gumpert | Nov 10, 2012 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation, Research |
When last we left the mystery of the disappearing article in an academic newsletter highlighting raw milk’s benefits, it seemed we had been witness to a serious encroachment on academic freedom.Last month, I described the article’s eye-popping statements...
by David Gumpert | Nov 2, 2012 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation |
I want to thank Jilly B for sharing with us at least some of the difficulties she has faced since her two-year-old daughter became seriously ill from raw milk. We don’t know the whole story, but we know enough to appreciate that her daughter and entire...
by David Gumpert | Oct 29, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
The toughest part of launching any new business or organization is getting those first few believers to come on board, and then talk you up to the bulk of other prospective customers or members. Now, more than a year into its launch, the Raw Milk Institute...
by David Gumpert | Oct 18, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
In the end, Michael Hartmann made the best deal he could–if he was going to save his family–when he pleaded guilty Monday to two misdemeanors in connection with sales of raw milk and other foods, and agreed to pay a fine of $585. Seven other...
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