by David Gumpert | Sep 13, 2013 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
Ive been reading through academic papers being presented this weekend at a Yale University conference on food sovereignty. Ive been learning some new terms from reading papers being presented at the conference. One term that rang a bell is the cunning...
by David Gumpert | Sep 6, 2013 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Once again, we learn the power of all those regulator warnings about the dangers of raw milk–they just seem to expand the market for raw milk and other dairy products. According to Edwin Shank, owner of The Family Cow in Pennsylvania, which re-opened last...
by David Gumpert | Sep 2, 2013 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation |
For much of August, the nations second-largest raw dairy, The Family Cow in Pennsylvania, was shut down. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, as part of its regular testing of licensed dairies, had discovered campylobacter in several samples. There...
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 29, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Food rights activist Aajonus Vonderplanitz died in Thailand yesterday, and the circumstances of his demise reflect the way he lived–on the edge and shrouded in mystery and controversy. The 66-year-old nutritionist was, in some ways, the father...
by David Gumpert | Aug 26, 2013 | Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
Its going to become more difficult for pols to simply trample food rights, and then walk away as if nothing happened. A classic case in point is emerging in Maine. There, the states Republican governor, thought to be supportive of small farmers and...
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 16, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Despite my disparaging view of the prosecution in the Alvin Schlangen case, the six-person jury had its own view, and it wasn’t the same as mine or others on this blog. After nearly four hours of deliberation on Thursday, it convicted the Minnesota farmer of...
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