by David Gumpert | Jun 14, 2013 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
It was a sight to warm the hearts of all in DATCP (the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection), not to mention the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration). There was Vernon Hershberger, basking in the warm afternoon sunlight outside...
by David Gumpert | Jun 3, 2013 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
I like to understand both sides of an issue or controversial event. So Ive been trying to understand the Vernon Hershberger raw milk and licensing case from the viewpoint of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) and the...
by David Gumpert | Jun 1, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Prosecutors in the Vernon Hershberger case filed a motion Friday asking the judge to revoke the raw milk farmer’s release order, and throw him in jail. The prosecution move comes less than a week after Hershberger was acquitted on three misdemeanor criminal...
by David Gumpert | May 31, 2013 | Legal, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation |
So how is it again that the acquittal of Vernon Hershberger favorably impacts the fight for food rights? Its not a legal opinion from a judge, so technically, it doesnt comprise legal precedent or otherwise extend beyond freeing Hershberger from penalties connected...
by David Gumpert | May 21, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
I had assumed that the tension and drama in the Vernon Hershberger raw milk trial would build gradually over the expected five days of the proceedings, culminating in a verdict that would either acquit him or possibly send him to jail for up to two-and-a-half...
by David Gumpert | May 18, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation |
The trial of raw milk farmer Vernon Hershberger, due to begin Monday in Baraboo, WI, is becoming not just a big legal and political event, but a big media event as well. The Wisconsin media have picked up on the plans for a major gathering of food rights...
by David Gumpert | May 15, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
A chapter in my new book on food rights is entitled, Since When Are We Afraid of Food? I detail some of the reasons for the sometimes irrational concerns about food dangers that have developed over the last twenty years, resulting in what sometimes seems like...
by David Gumpert | May 13, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Nutrition, Raw Milk, Regulation |
The criminal misdemeanor trial of Vernon Hershberger is a week off, and I find myself wondering…Is there any other country (aside from Canada) in todays crazy mixed-up world that would devote the resources the U.S. is devoting to punishing a farmer for selling...
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