by David Gumpert | Jul 16, 2014 | Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation |
It happened yesterday in that parking lot in Michigans Washington Township, that a member of My Family Co-Op demanded she be allowed to take the milk she had contracted for via her herdshare agreement. An inspector with the Michigan Department of Agriculture and...
by David Gumpert | Jul 15, 2014 | Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Its been seven years since Michigan agriculture authorities settled the highly embarrassing raw milk case against farmer Richard Hebron by agreeing in principle to allow herd shares in the state that was the first in the nation to ban raw milk in 1947. The...
by David Gumpert | Jun 6, 2014 | Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
Its been a year since the criminal trial of Wisconsin raw milk farmer Vernon Hershberger, and his acquittal by a jury of all licensing charges. Things have been very quiet on the enforcement front since then
.almost as quiet as the recent discussion on...
by David Gumpert | Feb 12, 2014 | Food Safety, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Holding onto expectations can be a setup for disappointment. You start exercising, expecting you will improve your health, and instead you sprain an ankle and are out forced off your feet for a couple weeks, getting even more out of shape. You go on a diet...
by David Gumpert | Aug 31, 2013 | Legal, Raids, Raw Milk |
Its nice to hear from people who knew Aajonus Vonderplanitz, who valued his friendship and benefited from his nutritional counseling. Clearly, he did a lot of good for individuals he advised on his raw-food regimen. That is what grieving is about for...
by David Gumpert | Aug 20, 2013 | Food Clubs, Legal, News Media, Raids, Raw Milk |
The foreman of the jury that acquitted Wisconsin farmer Vernon Hershberger of all licensing charges is wondering if state lawyers who prosecuted the case should be sanctioned by a bar association for their conduct during the trial last May. He is especially...
by David Gumpert | Aug 5, 2013 | Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
At the end of the Q&A following my presentation at Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT, last Thursday evening, one woman among the 25 or so people in attendance raised her hand. I was expecting an uplifting presentation, and what I got was just the opposite,...
by David Gumpert | Jul 29, 2013 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids, Regulation |
Its easy to forget in all the dustup between Aajonus Vonderplanitz and Sharon Palmer that her Ventura County farm began as a nearly romantic project back in 2008, supported financially by nearly a dozen Rawesome members and other supporters of locally-produced...
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