by David Gumpert | May 24, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Nutrition, Regulation, Resistance |
When I wrote about the case of parents suing Minnesota farmer Michael Hartmann in connection with their childs alleged illness from raw milk, and the judge’s suggestion the parents might bear some responsibility for their childs illness, I assumed the...
by David Gumpert | May 21, 2012 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, News Media, Regulation |
There have been many newspaper articles about raw milk over the last few years, and they nearly all use the same presentation formula. They begin with an example of a farmer producing raw milk for many happy customers. Then the narrative switches to all the...
by David Gumpert | May 17, 2012 | Legal, Regulation, Resistance |
Food rights proponents got another civics lesson today when Alvin Schlangens jury trial on four misdemeanor charges, due to begin next Monday, was put off indefinitely.It is easy for food rights proponents who participated in protest activities in...
by David Gumpert | May 16, 2012 | Food Safety, Raids, Regulation |
“We will not comply!”That was the rallying cry from Raw Milk Freedom Riders leader Liz Reitzig and 200 participants at the Minneapolis demonstration Monday in support of Alvin Schlangen.That was also the message when I visited the home of one of the moms...
by David Gumpert | May 15, 2012 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Regulation, Resistance |
At long last there will be a jury trial of a raw dairy provider. After six years of legal cases involving raw dairy providers in New York (Meadowsweet Dairy), Wisconsin (Max Kane, Zinnikers, Craigs), Missouri (Morningland Dairy), and Ohio (Carol Schmitmeyer), a jury...
by David Gumpert | May 11, 2012 | Food Safety, News Media, Regulation |
The West Coast people got a little bit of a head start in discussing the recall of Organic Pastures Dairy Co.s products (following my previous post). A recall, and quarantine, was ordered by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, alleging that...
by David Gumpert | May 8, 2012 | Legal, Regulation, Resistance |
The Minnesota Department of Agricultures campaign against consumers is significantly more widespread than I first reported. And it is stirring up a hornets nest of outrage, and promises of defiance.It turns out the MDA actually sent its love letters...
by David Gumpert | Apr 29, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Regulation, Research |
In Nazi Germany during the 1930s, the big challenge among Germans was to prove they weren’t Jewish. They scrambled to produce certificates of baptism and show family trees that documented they weren’t Jewish. It didn’t take much to fail–a...
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