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Back Off from Bugging Raw Dairy, MN Judge Tells MDA

by David Gumpert | Jun 7, 2015 | Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance | 13 comments

It’s not often that a judge steps in to protect a farmer claiming a violation of his constitutional rights from aggressive state regulators, but that’s exactly what has happened in the northeast corner of Minnesota. In a 19-page decision, state judge Michael Cuzzo...

Sure Getting Uncomfortable in MN Countryside for Ag Regulators

by David Gumpert | Mar 13, 2015 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance | 75 comments

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has become something like those obnoxious relatives many of us have, and whom we don’t want around, not just on Thanksgiving, but any time.   In Minnesota’s Cook County, in the northeast part of the state, ever more of...

Prosecuting Raw Dairy Farmers Becoming Unfashionable, Except in Minnesota

by David Gumpert | Feb 27, 2015 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance | 21 comments

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,...

Farmers’ Lawyer Alleges Possible Misconduct By CFIA

by David Gumpert | Feb 23, 2015 | Food Safety, Legal, Raids, Resistance | 23 comments

(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...

In Canada, Stage Set for Food-Rights Show Trial

by David Gumpert | Feb 21, 2015 | Food Safety, Raids, Regulation, Resistance | 3 comments

 That sheep-napping case involving Canadian farmers Michael Schmidt and Montana Jones is turning into a major criminal and political drama. If you’ll remember, this case stems from a 2010 dispute between the Canadian government and farm owner Montana Jones...

Why I’m Asking Friends for Money for My New Book

by David Gumpert | Feb 4, 2015 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance | 46 comments

I’d 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...

Are Australian Regulators Playing With Fire in Raw Milk Crackdown?

by David Gumpert | Jan 31, 2015 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance | 36 comments

You look at what’s going on in Australia over raw milk, and you can’t 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...

Proposed IL Raw Milk Regs: Can FDA-Dean Foods Wrecking Crew Be Halted?

by David Gumpert | Nov 9, 2014 | Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance | 119 comments

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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