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Vernon Hershberger Makes Peace with His Jury…Is DATCP Next?; A Bonus for Supporting FTCLDF

by David Gumpert | Jun 14, 2013 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 16 comments

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...

Here’s Why DATCP and WI Dept of Justice Are So Pissed Off: You Would Be, Too, If “The Fix” Unraveled

by David Gumpert | Jun 3, 2013 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 21 comments

I like to understand both sides of an issue or controversial event. So I’ve 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...

Wisconsin Pushes to Have Raw Milk Farmer Vernon Hershberger Jailed

by David Gumpert | Jun 1, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 22 comments

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...

Looking Ahead on Food Rights and Raw Milk: How Will Regulators Get Out of the Corner They’ve Painted Themselves Into?

by David Gumpert | May 31, 2013 | Legal, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation | 4 comments

So how is it again that the acquittal of Vernon Hershberger favorably impacts the fight for food rights? It’s not a legal opinion from a judge, so technically, it doesn’t comprise legal precedent or otherwise extend beyond freeing Hershberger from penalties connected...

On First Day of Hershberger Trial, Lawyers Tangle Over Retailing, As Raw Milk Issue Lurks

by David Gumpert | May 21, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 35 comments

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...

Could Wide Coverage of Hershberger Trial Presage a Shift in Media Attitudes Toward Raw Milk and Food Rights?

by David Gumpert | May 18, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation | 4 comments

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...

Did Food Fears Prompt Hershberger Judge to Give DATCP Carte Blanche on Condemning Food?

by David Gumpert | May 15, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 17 comments

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...

Could the “Food Violence” of a Hershberger-like Prosecution Be Happening Elsewhere in the World?

by David Gumpert | May 13, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Nutrition, Raw Milk, Regulation | 14 comments

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 today’s crazy mixed-up world that would devote the resources the U.S. is devoting to punishing a farmer for selling...
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