by David Gumpert | Sep 7, 2014 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
The first-ever, and hopefully first annual, Food Freedom Fest brought together about 200 food rights advocates from around the country on Saturday to farmer Joel Salatins scenic home town in the Shenandoah Valley. The focus was on overcoming the sense of an...
by David Gumpert | Aug 25, 2014 | Legal, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
If you look at the recent legal scorecard, the Food Rights movement is getting clobbered. Losses in Maine (Dan Browns food sovereignty case), Wisconsin (Vernon Hershbergers appeal of his single misdemeanor conviction, along with rejection of Zinniker-Craig case) and...
by David Gumpert | Aug 16, 2014 | Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Sometimes, its important not to lose sight of the forest for the trees. One of those times is occurring in Michigan right now, where there seem to be a lot of treesin the form of different people with different understandings about what is and isnt...
by David Gumpert | Aug 12, 2014 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
In the month-long game between Michigan agriculture regulators and raw milk distributor My Family Co-Op, the regulators today put down the Gotcha! card. If youll remember, last month the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development forced My Family...
by David Gumpert | Aug 9, 2014 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released a couple days ago showed that more than 70% of Americans feel the country is headed in the wrong direction. Now, headed in the wrong direction can mean different things to different peoplefailure to deal...
by David Gumpert | Aug 4, 2014 | News Media, Nutrition, Raw Milk, Research |
The Sunday New York Times Magazine ran a lengthy article, The Kids Who Beat Autism. The article is focused mainly on how intensive behavioral therapy has helped cure about 10% of autistic kids. The scientists interviewed basically said they didnt know...
by David Gumpert | Jul 30, 2014 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation |
A few weeks ago, the United Kingdoms Food Standards Agency came out with an eye-opening report on raw milk. This agency, the UKs equivalent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, acknowledged and accepted, at least on a minimal basis, the reality of raw milk,...
by David Gumpert | Jul 25, 2014 | Food Safety, Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation |
A number of people have asked me why Jenny Samuelson didnt just defy the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development last Sunday and cut the red seizure tape on her co-op members food
.in much the same way as Vernon Hershberger did in Wisconsin in 2010....
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