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It’s Deja Vu All Over Again for Alvin Schlangen, Facing Desperate MN Prosecutor

by David Gumpert | Jul 31, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 15 comments

Alvin Schlangen knows the drill by now. Designate a few members of his Minnesota food club to run things in the event he is thrown in jail. Savor his last few meals at home. Get the word out as far and wide as possible to encourage supporters to attend his...

Larry Otting and James Stewart Agree: Isn’t It Time to “Mend Fences”?

by David Gumpert | Jul 29, 2013 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids, Regulation | 5 comments

It’s easy to forget in all the dustup between Aajonus Vonderplanitz and Sharon Palmer that her Ventura County farm began as a nearly romantic project back in 2008, supported financially by nearly a dozen Rawesome members and other supporters of locally-produced...

Taking the Good from Rawesome and Moving On; RAWMI Progesss

by David Gumpert | Jul 25, 2013 | Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation | 33 comments

The comments here have definitely gotten a little edgy over the last few days. The Rawesome Food Club episode seems to bring out lots of unpleasant emotions in all of us.  I assumed when I posted Victoria Bloch’s retrospective, it might open some old wounds,...

How Investigators Exploited Rawesome Feuds; New Regulator Bullying in L.A. County; Fundamentals Behind Food Rights Push

by David Gumpert | Jul 20, 2013 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 25 comments

What’s even sadder than the observations about Rawesome Food Club recalled by Victoria Bloch in the previous post is the fact that the police action against the private food club worked exactly as the government enforcers hoped it would.  How do I know? In...

That $700K Fine of MI Hog Farmer Mark Baker–A New Food Police Tactic?

by David Gumpert | Jul 11, 2013 | Legal, Regulation, Resistance | 31 comments

What makes the case of farmer Mark Baker and his campaign to reverse the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ feral-hog genetic purification program different from other food rights cases that have taken place in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and California...

Forget Walmart? Upcoming Hog Court Tangle in MI; Michelle Obama the Good Guy? Maine Raw Milk Countdown

by David Gumpert | Jul 4, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 43 comments

Maybe it’s a sign of progress, on this Independence Day weekend, that we are discussing here the possibility of Walmart potentially wanting to stock raw milk. As I read the comments, and think about it some more, I’m inclined to agree with those who’d avoid doing...

When Can We Expect an Edward Snowden to Pop Up from the Food Police?

by David Gumpert | Jun 27, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media | 87 comments

On Friday evening nearly five weeks ago, just as the case against farmer Vernon Hershberger was being handed over to the jury, an employee of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP) tapped an attendee at the trial on the...

Vernon Hershberger Makes Peace with His Jury…Is DATCP Next?; A Bonus for Supporting FTCLDF

by David Gumpert | Jun 14, 2013 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 16 comments

It was a sight to warm the hearts of all in DATCP (the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection), not to mention the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration). There was Vernon Hershberger, basking in the warm afternoon sunlight outside...
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