by David Gumpert | Sep 18, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Regulation, Resistance |
Alvin Schlangen began his first day in court by rejecting a settlement offer from the prosecutor and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture that would have had him pleading guilty to one misdemeanor, paying $200 court costs, and possibly going to jail. He has...
by David Gumpert | Sep 13, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Regulation |
Minnesota farmer Alvin Schlangen goes on trial beginning Monday in Minneapolis in what could be a test case for farmers who make raw milk and other food available privately to members. The case is comprised of four misdemeanor counts alleging that...
by David Gumpert | Sep 3, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Regulation |
The Center for Food Safety has filed suit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over its alleged failure to enforce the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). You may remember the FSMA–it’s the contentious law enacted in early 2011 that gives...
by David Gumpert | Aug 30, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation, Research |
The principle of private food should get a test in front of a jury of ordinary citizens when raw dairy farmer Vernon Hershbeger goes on trial in Wisconsin on Jan. 7. I should say the principle should get a test, because initial indications are that the...
by David Gumpert | Aug 27, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
At first glance, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s two-year legal assault on Estrella Family Creamery in Washington state appears entirely vindictive. The FDA seems intent on using its enormous enforcement powers to cruelly stomp on and...
by David Gumpert | Aug 16, 2012 | Legal, Raids, Regulation |
Liz Reitzig has, over the last few years, become a national leader of Americas rapidly expanding food rights movement. She is the co-coordinator of Grassfed on the Hill buying club serving the greater Washington, DC, area, and co-founder of the Farm Food Freedom...
by David Gumpert | Aug 13, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Aajonus Vonderplanitz and Amanda Rose don’t at first glance have a lot in common when it comes to food politics. Vonderplanitz is adamant about private food rights, while Rose seems much less politically oriented on the issue. But interestingly, both have...
by David Gumpert | Aug 9, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
I’ve spent the last few days reading through the most recent filings in the Maine Food Sovereignty case. If the potential importance of a food rights case could be measured in the heavy weight of the many pages of these initial arguments, this is a serious case....
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