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 29, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, News Media, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Six weeks in advance of the criminal trial of Wisconsin farmer Vernon Hershberger, pre-trial maneuvering moved into high gear Tuesday. Some seven lawyers gathered in the Baraboo courtroom of Sauk County Judge Guy Reynolds, and for three hours argued...
by David Gumpert | Nov 24, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids, Resistance |
You wonder what sitting in jail for four months–all for running a private food club–does to a guy. You wonder what it does to the people around him who were supposedly watching his back. I’ve certainly wondered, especially with James Stewart...
by David Gumpert | Nov 21, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids, Regulation |
On Monday afternoon, I took a 40-minute drive to Terri Lawton’s Oake Knoll Ayrshires farm in nearby Foxboro, MA, to pick up a Thanksgiving turkey. I know it’s not a big deal in the larger scheme of things, to make a special trip to pick up a turkey, but I...
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 13, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk |
You might think the Minnesota Department of Agriculture would regroup and reassess after being handed its head by a Minneapolis jury that acquitted Alvin Schlangen of misdemeanor charges just two months ago. But no, the agency is pushing full speed ahead in a...
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 22, 2012 | Legal, News Media, Nutrition, Raw Milk |
Okay class, pay attention. Today’s subject of discussion: academic freedom. Enough with the groans, everyone. I know it’s not the sexiest topic when it comes to food issues, but you may change your attitude when you hear the story I’m...
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