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Caught in the Middle: A TN Raw Milk Farmer Agonizes About Serving Multiple Masters

by David Gumpert | Nov 9, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 226 comments

“It’s frustrating,” says Marcie McBee. “I can’t fix something I can’t find. I can’t fix something they can’t find.” The 36-year-old owner of McBee Dairy in Mascot, TN, is referring to the allegations that her dairy’s milk was responsible for nine illnesses from...

Overreach: MN Judge Puts Crimp in MDA’s 10-Year Pursuit of Raw Dairy Farmer Hartmann

by David Gumpert | Oct 31, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Resistance | 122 comments

Minnesota’s relentless decade-long pursuit of dairy farmer Michael Hartmann finally ran off the road, when a state judge ruled earlier this month that the state conducted an illegal search of the farmer’s truck.In a strongly worded 30-page opinion, Minnesota Judge...

Role Reversal: I’m Interviewed By Ron Paul; Joe vs Joel on GMOs

by David Gumpert | Oct 24, 2013 | News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation | 62 comments

I just had a refreshing experience: a candid conversation with a leading political figure about food rights. Former Congressman and Presidential candidate Ron Paul has long been identified as someone sympathetic to our right to access raw milk, because of his...

An Old-Fashioned Maine Pig Roast Celebrates State-Wide Push for Food Sovereignty; FSMA Worries

by David Gumpert | Oct 21, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance | 13 comments

The scene outside Halcyon Grange #345 on a rural road in tiny Blue Hill, Maine, is one that has been played out countless times over the past couple centuries. As darkness set in, a couple of men, volunteers, were carving up a pig that had been roasting on a large...

RAWMI Session Brings Together Key Parties in Raw Milk Debate; Grange Event in Food Sovereignty Territory

by David Gumpert | Oct 17, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 38 comments

Last week, the Raw Milk Institute (RAWMI) held its second annual “Training Day”. It brought together a wide range of people that would have been unthinkable three or four years ago. RAWMI founder Mark McAfee provides this account of the people and happenings of the...

Drip, Drip Go Raw Milk Regulators in South Dakota, Illinois; Vonderplanitz Thai Farm

by David Gumpert | Oct 4, 2013 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation, Research | 68 comments

It is encouraging to learn from Mark McAfee of Organic Pastures Dairy Co. about the growing acceptance among scientific researchers in California of raw milk (per his comments following my previous post). I have written in the past about the open-mindedness of...

At Mother Earth News Conference, Food Rights Message Begins to Resonate

by David Gumpert | Sep 23, 2013 | Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance | 42 comments

Lots more people are beginning to get it on food rights. They are coming to understand  they can’t look the other way when regulators try to intimidate farmers on trumped-up charges. They are beginning to appreciate the importance of becoming directly involved in...

“Groundhog Day” in Wisconsin Raw Milk Debate–Whatever Happened to Working Group Agreement?

by David Gumpert | Sep 18, 2013 | Food Clubs, Raw Milk, Regulation | 44 comments

As I watch the debate over raw milk legislation unfold in Wisconsin, I can’t help but feel as if I’ve seen this movie before….and that it is a version of “Groundhog Day”. That is the 1993 comedy in which a weatherman covering the Groundhog Day festivities in...
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