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Australian Mystery: Was Child Who Died from E.coli Complications Ill Before Raw Milk?

by David Gumpert | Dec 13, 2014 | Food Safety, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation | 63 comments

The vultures are circling in force with news that an Australian three-year-old may have died from drinking raw milk.  This is news raw milk opponents have lusted after for many years, and now they mean to use it for full effect, tying it to a new study from...

When the Italians Start Clamping Down on Raw Milk, Something’s Up

by David Gumpert | Oct 23, 2014 | News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation, Research | 52 comments

You read through The Wall Street Journal article yesterday about the European efforts to reign in raw milk vending machines, and you realize that raw milk is, indeed, becoming a worldwide issue. It’s an issue in Canada, New Zealand, England, and now in Italy,...

Are the Chickens Finally Coming Home to Roost for CDC Incompetence and Arrogance?

by David Gumpert | Oct 18, 2014 | Food Safety, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation | 73 comments

It’s not often that The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal are in agreement about happenings in Washington, but on the CDC’s Ebola-related performance, the two papers came out Saturday slamming the agency. According to the NY Times’ lead article,...

Despite Setbacks, Beat Goes On for Food Rights, with Legal, Community, Political Actions

by David Gumpert | Aug 25, 2014 | Legal, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance | 4 comments

If you look at the recent legal scorecard, the Food Rights movement is getting clobbered. Losses in Maine (Dan Brown’s food sovereignty case), Wisconsin (Vernon Hershberger’s appeal of his single misdemeanor conviction, along with rejection of Zinniker-Craig case) and...

Who Says Another Country’s Oligarchs Can’t Outdo Ours on Food Safety?

by David Gumpert | Aug 22, 2014 | Food Safety, News Media, Regulation | 10 comments

Russia shut down four McDonald’s outlets in Moscow. on Wednesday.  The stated reason, according to The Wall Street Journal report? Food safety violations.  What a laugh. And no, it wasn’t the hassling given to one of America’s largest food...

There IS Another Promising Option for Countering Autism

by David Gumpert | Aug 4, 2014 | News Media, Nutrition, Raw Milk, Research | 25 comments

The Sunday New York Times Magazine ran a lengthy article, “The Kids Who Beat Autism”.  The article is focused mainly on how intensive behavioral therapy has helped cure about 10% of autistic kids. The scientists interviewed basically said they didn’t know...

Of Golden Geese and Herding Cats: Life and Death of a Foodie Blogging Network

by David Gumpert | Jun 24, 2014 | Legal, News Media, Nutrition, Raw Milk | 58 comments

Over the last five years, Ann Marie Michaels has been a soaring natural food star. Or maybe a meteor would be more like it.  The savvy and charismatic entrepreneur rode exploding interest in artisanal raw milk cheese and other nutrient-dense foods, and built...

The Best Revenge? Farmers Running for, and Winning, Elected Office

by David Gumpert | May 16, 2014 | Legal, News Media, Regulation | 28 comments

One of the things that most impressed me about the Tuesday Maine Supreme Court hearing for Dan Brown was the happenings outside the courtroom.  Before the hearing, Dan Brown supporters gathered on the steps of the Portland courthouse to hear not only from...
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