by David Gumpert | Nov 9, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Its frustrating, says Marcie McBee. I cant fix something I cant find. I cant fix something they cant find. The 36-year-old owner of McBee Dairy in Mascot, TN, is referring to the allegations that her dairys milk was responsible for nine illnesses from...
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 21, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
The scene outside Halcyon Grange #345 on a rural road in tiny Blue Hill, Maine, is one that has been played out countless times over the past couple centuries. As darkness set in, a couple of men, volunteers, were carving up a pig that had been roasting on a large...
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 8, 2013 | Legal, News Media, Regulation |
One of the key witnesses at Wisconsin farmer Vernon Hershbergers criminal trial in May over his private food sales was his father, Daniel Hershberger. The elder Hershberger testified about how he moved with his son from an area of Ohio, which was becoming more...
by David Gumpert | Sep 17, 2013 | Legal, Regulation |
Michigan hog farmer Mark Baker will get his day in court over whether he can legally raise pigs the state claims are feral, genetically impure, and illegal under a special order it implemented in 2012. Baker had filed suit against the Michigan Department 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...
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