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FDA Broadens Its Raw Milk Assault to Target French Cheeses…for Too Many Good Bacteria

by David Gumpert | Sep 5, 2014 | Food Safety, Regulation | 16 comments

As the inaugural Food Freedom Fest gets under way in Staunton, VA, on Friday, it only  seems appropriate that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should show its true colors and prohibit French raw milk cheeses….for having too much good bacteria. The...

Do the Food Regulators Just Care Too Much?

by David Gumpert | Aug 29, 2014 | Food Safety, Regulation | 21 comments

What is the real cause of the government crackdown on small farms producing good food?  I have written and spoken about the fear of competition by our corporate food producers, as consumers gradually come to realize how they are being sickened by corporate...

Despite Setbacks, Beat Goes On for Food Rights, with Legal, Community, Political Actions

by David Gumpert | Aug 25, 2014 | Legal, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance | 4 comments

If you look at the recent legal scorecard, the Food Rights movement is getting clobbered. Losses in Maine (Dan Brown’s food sovereignty case), Wisconsin (Vernon Hershberger’s appeal of his single misdemeanor conviction, along with rejection of Zinniker-Craig case) and...

Who Says Another Country’s Oligarchs Can’t Outdo Ours on Food Safety?

by David Gumpert | Aug 22, 2014 | Food Safety, News Media, Regulation | 10 comments

Russia shut down four McDonald’s outlets in Moscow. on Wednesday.  The stated reason, according to The Wall Street Journal report? Food safety violations.  What a laugh. And no, it wasn’t the hassling given to one of America’s largest food...

Where Does Michigan’s Complicated History of Raw Milk Crackdowns and Romance Leave Us?

by David Gumpert | Aug 16, 2014 | Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation | 19 comments

Sometimes, it’s important not to lose sight of the forest for the trees.  One of those times is occurring in Michigan right now, where there seem to be a lot of trees—in the form of different people with different understandings about what is and isn’t...

Screw-Tightening Time on Michigan Raw Milk Herdshares

by David Gumpert | Aug 12, 2014 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 47 comments

In the month-long game between Michigan agriculture regulators and raw milk distributor My Family Co-Op, the regulators today put down the “Gotcha!” card. If you’ll remember, last month the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development forced My Family...

Appeals Court Prohibits Two WI Farm Families from Distributing Raw Milk, Unless…

by David Gumpert | Aug 9, 2014 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 15 comments

An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released a couple days ago showed that more than 70% of Americans feel the country is “headed in the wrong direction.”  Now, “headed in the wrong direction” can mean different things to different people—failure to deal...

Is FDA Becoming Internationally Isolated on Raw Milk?

by David Gumpert | Jul 30, 2014 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation | 27 comments

A few weeks ago, the United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency came out with an eye-opening report on raw milk. This agency, the UK’s equivalent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, acknowledged and accepted, at least on a minimal basis, the reality of raw milk,...
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