by David Gumpert | Nov 23, 2013 | Legal, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation |
The public health profession is terribly inept when it comes to public communication. Some of the problem–the tendency to talk in scientific terminology and to limit public access to information–stems from ignorance about how to communicate with the...
by David Gumpert | Nov 20, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Lawton’s Family Farm in Foxborough, MA, is one of the oldest farms in the U.S., the only remaining dairy of any kind in the Boston areas Norfolk county. As such, it has survived revolution, hurricanes, economic depression.But can it survive local...
by David Gumpert | Nov 15, 2013 | Legal, News Media, Regulation |
I am a big raw juice fan, have been for many years. After I make the juice, usually a couple of cups or more, I store the leftover juice in a wine bottle, and use a vacuum device to reduce the air supply. Raw juice, like raw milk, is a fragile food because its many...
by David Gumpert | Nov 9, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Its frustrating, says Marcie McBee. I cant fix something I cant find. I cant fix something they cant find. The 36-year-old owner of McBee Dairy in Mascot, TN, is referring to the allegations that her dairys milk was responsible for nine illnesses from...
by David Gumpert | Nov 5, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Regulation |
Ive been reading a lot about GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in preparation for the debate I am moderating Thursday evening between Virginia farmer Joel Salatin and holistic physician Joseph Mercola in Atlanta. The debate, a fund-raiser for the...
by David Gumpert | Oct 24, 2013 | News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation |
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...
by David Gumpert | Oct 21, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
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...
by David Gumpert | Oct 17, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
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...
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