by David Gumpert | Oct 11, 2013 | Food Safety, Regulation |
I was explaining to a friend yesterday that the federal government in the form of the U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to allow a multibillion-dollar food corporation to sell product, even after its chicken has been associated with hundreds of illnesses, many...
by David Gumpert | Oct 9, 2013 | Food Safety, Regulation, Research |
Theres an outbreak of illnesses from salmonella in chicken that is making national headlines–278 people in 18 states have been sickened. More alarming is the fact that 42% of those sickened have been hospitalized, and that the pathogen seems resistant to...
by David Gumpert | Oct 8, 2013 | Legal, News Media, Regulation |
One of the key witnesses at Wisconsin farmer Vernon Hershbergers criminal trial in May over his private food sales was his father, Daniel Hershberger. The elder Hershberger testified about how he moved with his son from an area of Ohio, which was becoming more...
by David Gumpert | Oct 4, 2013 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation, Research |
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...
by David Gumpert | Sep 23, 2013 | Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
Lots more people are beginning to get it on food rights. They are coming to understand they cant 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...
by David Gumpert | Sep 18, 2013 | Food Clubs, Raw Milk, Regulation |
As I watch the debate over raw milk legislation unfold in Wisconsin, I cant help but feel as if Ive 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...
by David Gumpert | Sep 17, 2013 | Legal, Regulation |
Michigan hog farmer Mark Baker will get his day in court over whether he can legally raise pigs the state claims are feral, genetically impure, and illegal under a special order it implemented in 2012. Baker had filed suit against the Michigan Department of...
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...
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