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WI DATCP Shows Aggressive, and Desperate, Approach in Hershberger Pre-Trial Maneuvering–Update: State Denied

by David Gumpert | Nov 29, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, News Media, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation | 5 comments

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...

Why Would the FDA Make an Academic Article About Potential Benefits of Raw Milk Go Away?; Profile on Food Rights Advocacy

by David Gumpert | Oct 22, 2012 | Legal, News Media, Nutrition, Raw Milk | 33 comments

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...

Media Recognition to Michael Schmidt for Role in “Microbiome Revolution”; The Danger of Food Safety Fear Mongering

by David Gumpert | Oct 16, 2012 | Food Safety, News Media, Raw Milk, Research | 12 comments

There is quite a remarkable article in the October issue of Readers Digest Canada, which credits Michael Schmidt’s nearly twenty-year struggle on behalf of raw milk with helping usher in the new scientific fascination with the “microbiome.”  In...

How Are MDA and Wicked Witch Alike? Attention to Jury Nullification; Salatin in Chicken Demo, Farm Matchmaking

by David Gumpert | Sep 24, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, News Media, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance | 33 comments

The 250 or so people attending my presentation Saturday on “America’s Underground Food War” at the Mother Earth News Fair in Pennsylvania broke into applause when I told them, near the end of the talk, that Alvin Schlangen had been acquitted of all...

The Raw Politics of Raw Milk, Part 3: You Want Maine or FDA Regulators? Grist Coverage

by David Gumpert | Jun 29, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Regulation | 29 comments

The  good-cop-bad-cop routine is one of the oldest in law enforcement. Talk  with me, goes the advice to the criminal suspect from the nice-guy cop, or I’ll  send in our junk yard dog, and you don’t want to deal with him. Lord knows what...

Ron Klein Barely Survives Bull Attack; Vonderplanitz Attacks Messenger; New Rand Paul Initiative; NPR on Raw Dairy & Allergies

by David Gumpert | Jun 12, 2012 | Food Safety, News Media, Nutrition, Regulation, Research | 63 comments

 Even veteran farmers occasionally receive cruel unexpected reminders about the dangers of handling livestock. Ron Klein, a Michigan dairy farmer who comments here, barely survived repeated attacks by one of his bulls late last month. In fact, when you read the...

Lessons from John Edwards Case: Why Prosecutors in Rawesome and MN Food Rights Cases Are Desperate to Avoid Juries

by David Gumpert | Jun 4, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Regulation | 78 comments

The pathetic case of the former senator and vice presidential candidate, John Edwards, is one most of us would just as soon forget about, preferring to file it away as just another sad episode in our political system’s steady descent into tawdriness and...

Shades of Gray: Why A Journalist’s Reporting on MN Raw Milk Won’t Get a Lot of Accolades from Either Side

by David Gumpert | May 21, 2012 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, News Media, Regulation | 99 comments

 There have been many newspaper articles about raw milk over the last few years, and they nearly all use the same presentation formula. They begin with an example of a farmer producing raw milk for many happy customers. Then the narrative switches to all the...
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