by David Gumpert | Jun 7, 2015 | Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
Its not often that a judge steps in to protect a farmer claiming a violation of his constitutional rights from aggressive state regulators, but thats exactly what has happened in the northeast corner of Minnesota. In a 19-page decision, state judge Michael Cuzzo...
by David Gumpert | Mar 13, 2015 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has become something like those obnoxious relatives many of us have, and whom we dont want around, not just on Thanksgiving, but any time. In Minnesotas Cook County, in the northeast part of the state, ever more of...
by David Gumpert | Feb 27, 2015 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
Around the country, signs are mounting of a growing refusal by law enforcement officials to mount legal actions against small producers of raw milk. Consider: In Illinois, where tough new regulations on raw milk were being prepared over the previous two years,...
by David Gumpert | Feb 23, 2015 | Food Safety, Legal, Raids, Resistance |
(This post has been edited since it was originally posted. In particular, the letter from the defense lawyer to the prosecutor, referred to in the second paragraph–originally included with the post and then removed shortly after at the request of the defendants...
by David Gumpert | Feb 21, 2015 | Food Safety, Raids, Regulation, Resistance |
That sheep-napping case involving Canadian farmers Michael Schmidt and Montana Jones is turning into a major criminal and political drama. If youll remember, this case stems from a 2010 dispute between the Canadian government and farm owner Montana Jones...
by David Gumpert | Feb 4, 2015 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
Id like to try to answer the unspoken question that comes up when I explain to people I know that I am doing a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to complete and promote my new book, The Raw Milk Answer Book: What You REALLY Need to Know About Our Most...
by David Gumpert | Jan 31, 2015 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
You look at whats going on in Australia over raw milk, and you cant help but get a feeling of deja vu. A farm couple on trial for distributing raw milk via a cow share arrangement. A protest, complete with raw milk being served outside public health offices, by raw...
by David Gumpert | Nov 9, 2014 | Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
When battles over raw milk regulation break out in one state or another, public health professionals invariably argue it is entirely about food safety and protecting the public. Yet sometimes the political and business realities that underlie much of the battle over...
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