by David Gumpert | May 2, 2014 | Food Safety, News Media, Raw Milk |
When I testified before the Vermont House of Representatives about raw milk risk, I presented annualized data and risk data that I and others had calculated. I pointed out that the legislators would never, ever, receive data about raw milk in an annualized,...
by David Gumpert | Apr 25, 2014 | News Media, Regulation |
Dont underestimate the importance of Vermonts passage of a GMO-labeling law. Tiny Vermont (population 626,000) is the first of what will likely be a number of states to confront Americas food oligarchy and try to force these cartels to actually do something...
by David Gumpert | Feb 25, 2014 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Raw Milk |
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...
by David Gumpert | Jan 31, 2014 | Food Safety, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Shortly after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the American Academy of Pediatrics issued their one-two punch against raw milk in Decemberwith widespread media attention I was talking with a couple of dairy farmers about the course of events. Someone...
by David Gumpert | Dec 23, 2013 | News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation |
For companies of all sizes, marketing is, at its most fundamental, about being in synch with the pulse of your customers, and working to provide products and services to keep growing your customer base. Companies that stay in synch, like Google and Amazon, can...
by David Gumpert | Dec 4, 2013 | Legal, News Media |
For some weeks now, Ive been following the treatment and custody battle over Sarah Hershberger, the 10-year-old Ohio Amish girl with leukemia. It is a heart-breaking story–her parents brought her to begin a two-year round of conventional treatment at a...
by David Gumpert | Nov 23, 2013 | Legal, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation |
The public health profession is terribly inept when it comes to public communication. Some of the problem–the tendency to talk in scientific terminology and to limit public access to information–stems from ignorance about how to communicate with the...
by David Gumpert | Nov 15, 2013 | Legal, News Media, Regulation |
I am a big raw juice fan, have been for many years. After I make the juice, usually a couple of cups or more, I store the leftover juice in a wine bottle, and use a vacuum device to reduce the air supply. Raw juice, like raw milk, is a fragile food because its many...
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