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Schmidt Seeks to Use Intense Scrapie Probe to Foster Dialog; RAWMI Catching On?

by David Gumpert | Jun 23, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Regulation, Resistance | 6 comments

Over nearly two decades of fighting for the right to access raw milk, Michael Schmidt has become legendary for his persistent promotion of dialog with reluctant regulators and politicians. He went on a hunger strike last fall that he ended after five weeks when his...

The Raw Politics of Raw Milk, Part 2: How ME Ag Obsessed Over Linking Parasite to Small Dairies

by David Gumpert | Jun 22, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Regulation | 17 comments

Cryptosporidium, or “crypto,” as it’s commonly known,  is a nasty parasite that causes diarrhea and other stomach upset. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control says that,  “While this parasite can be spread in several different ways,...

The Raw Politics of Raw Milk: ME’s Ag Bureaucrats Ignore Their Guv and Go with FDA in Opposing Food Sovereignty

by David Gumpert | Jun 18, 2012 | Legal, Regulation, Resistance | 44 comments

Two more Maine towns—Appleton and Livermore– have passed food sovereignty ordinances in the last few days during the current town meeting season. This brings to eight the total number that have legally sanctioned private food sales by local farmers over the last...

Ron Klein Barely Survives Bull Attack; Vonderplanitz Attacks Messenger; New Rand Paul Initiative; NPR on Raw Dairy & Allergies

by David Gumpert | Jun 12, 2012 | Food Safety, News Media, Nutrition, Regulation, Research | 63 comments

 Even veteran farmers occasionally receive cruel unexpected reminders about the dangers of handling livestock. Ron Klein, a Michigan dairy farmer who comments here, barely survived repeated attacks by one of his bulls late last month. In fact, when you read the...

MO Farmer Plans Public Distribution of Raw Milk, in Defiance of Cease and Desist

by David Gumpert | Jun 7, 2012 | Legal, Nutrition, Regulation, Resistance | 84 comments

The latest tactic in impeding raw milk distribution–harassing farmers using drop sites–seems to be spreading from Minnesota to Missouri.  And like in Minnesota, where many of the ten consumer drop site hosts warned by regulators recently are...

Lessons from John Edwards Case: Why Prosecutors in Rawesome and MN Food Rights Cases Are Desperate to Avoid Juries

by David Gumpert | Jun 4, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Regulation | 78 comments

The pathetic case of the former senator and vice presidential candidate, John Edwards, is one most of us would just as soon forget about, preferring to file it away as just another sad episode in our political system’s steady descent into tawdriness and...

Bans on Raw Milk Have Worked So Well, Why Not Extend Them to Junk Food? Debating Debates

by David Gumpert | Jun 1, 2012 | Food Safety, Regulation | 33 comments

 I was at a food safety conference a few years back that focused on raw milk, and one state public health official concluded his remarks by saying, to effect, “I personally don’t see why we spend all this time going after raw milk. If people are going to be...

The Defeat of Sen. Rand Paul’s Amendment on FDA Cops Serves As Another American Civics Teaching Moment

by David Gumpert | May 29, 2012 | Legal, Regulation, Resistance | 37 comments

Lots of people were discouraged because Sen. Rand Paul’s proposed amendment to reign in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was overwhelmingly defeated last week. It would have prohibited FDA agents from carrying weapons and making arrests as well as liberalized the...
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