by David Gumpert | Jul 25, 2013 | Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation |
The comments here have definitely gotten a little edgy over the last few days. The Rawesome Food Club episode seems to bring out lots of unpleasant emotions in all of us. I assumed when I posted Victoria Blochs retrospective, it might open some old wounds,...
by David Gumpert | Jul 16, 2013 | Food Clubs, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Weve seen over the past year three individuals settle criminal charges growing out of Californias Rawesome Food Club case, with small fines, thus avoiding lengthy trials, huge legal costs, and possible jail terms. Last week, two other legal cases–these...
by David Gumpert | Jun 5, 2013 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids, Raw Milk |
Two years ago, on the Friday before the Memorial Day weekend, inspectors from the local and state health departments clamped cease-and-desist and quarantine orders on coolers containing raw milk intended for members of a Louisville-area food club. What happened next...
by David Gumpert | May 23, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raids, Raw Milk |
I’ve seen the video at least twice now, the one of Wisconsin food inspector Cathy Anderson throwing blue dye into a vat containing hundreds of gallons of Vernon Hershberger’s raw milk that fateful second day of June, 2010. But each time, as the ribbon of...
by David Gumpert | Jan 9, 2013 | Legal, Raids, Regulation, Resistance |
Imagine leaving the military after a long career, enthusiastically launching a new business, and then, after much business trauma, concluding that the system you spent years defending with your life is corrupt. That kind of summarizes Mark Bakers experience over...
by David Gumpert | Jan 2, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Nutrition, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation, Research, Resistance |
A year ago I summarized the key themes for 2011 as “rising shock events” and “rising stress levels,” thanks to highly public raids on food clubs and farms.Id say 2012 was the year these shock events played out in a number of ways, primarily...
by David Gumpert | Dec 5, 2012 | Legal, Raids, Regulation, Resistance |
The 31 famous rare sheep suspected by Canadian public health authorities of harboring the feared scrapie disease have all been found, slaughtered, and tested free of disease. But the affair of the missing Shropshire sheep–kidnapped earlier this year...
by David Gumpert | Nov 29, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, News Media, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation |
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...
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