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A Farmer, and Mom, Pleads for “Common Sense” Raw Milk Regs

by David Gumpert | Apr 18, 2014 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 39 comments

The  Vermont legislature is considering very narrow legislation (S 70) that would allow the two largest raw dairies in the state to deliver raw milk to customers at farmers markets. Not sell it, mind you, just drop it off to customers, so they don’t have to trek...

How New Body-Bag Strategy on Raw Milk Racked Up a Dairy Industry Win in CA

by David Gumpert | Apr 14, 2014 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 76 comments

The late Aajonus Vonderplanitz used to tell me, when one or another state launched an unexpected campaign against raw milk, that he was never surprised. “Even if it seems they have moved on, they haven’t,” he explained on one occasion, after Wisconsin had renewed its...

How Uncertain Legislative Battles Over Raw Milk Mask the New Realities of the Marketplace

by David Gumpert | Mar 28, 2014 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 25 comments

It’s only Thursday, and I find myself planning my food club order, to be entered Sunday and delivered late next week. Actually, I’ve been planning it for several days already. How many dozen eggs should I order? How much kefir? How many beef livers? How much raw...

Who Would Gain More “Legitimacy” If New CA Raw Milk Legislation Is Enacted?

by David Gumpert | Mar 17, 2014 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 42 comments

The most significant raw milk legislation in memory—affecting 1,000 or more California home dairies—has begun a journey toward consideration, with an impressive head of steam behind it. The Home Dairy Farm bill (AB 2505) grows out of three years of negotiation...

Michael Schmidt Vows: “People Will Get Their Milk”

by David Gumpert | Mar 11, 2014 | Food Safety, Legal, Regulation | 19 comments

You knew when the Ontario Court of Appeal came back in a month with a decision in Michael Schmidt’s appeal of his conviction for violating the province’s dairy laws, it wouldn’t be good news.  Judges and their courts don’t work that quickly….unless they see...

Four Ways to Light Up the Darkness for Food Rights

by David Gumpert | Mar 7, 2014 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 37 comments

This blog has chronicled seemingly endless abuses of power against farmers merely trying to do what farmers have done for centuries—grow food and sell it to friends and neighbors. It seems at times as if few beyond those directly affected are paying attention,...

MI Judge Ruling: Mark Baker Can Raise His “Feral” Pigs, But What About Everyone Else?

by David Gumpert | Feb 27, 2014 | Legal, Regulation | 57 comments

The state of Michigan angrily gave in to farmer Mark Baker, telling a state judge that the farmer can continue to raise his hybrid pigs clearly forbidden by the state’s contentious Invasive Species Order. What’s unclear is how the state’s move affects...

These Young Children Will Tell You, Don’t Believe Everything You Read in Food Safety News

by David Gumpert | Feb 25, 2014 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Raw Milk | 50 comments

“The whole cantaloupes in the stores are now safe to eat,” Food Safety News reassured its readers on September 26, 2011. Its article included standard advice about following proper food handling procedures, and avoiding cantaloupes connected to an outbreak of listeria...
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