by David Gumpert | Oct 15, 2014 | Legal, Regulation, Resistance |
For upwards of a decade, Wisconsins small raw-milk producers have been doing battle with the states Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, as well as the courts and politicians. DATCP has refused to allow the farms to distribute milk privately,...
by David Gumpert | Sep 23, 2014 | Raids, Regulation, Resistance |
Back in 2010, Canadian agriculture authorities launched a campaign to kill and test for scrapie a herd of rare Shropshire sheep owned by Ontario farmer Montana Jones. By 2012, after the Canadian authorities refused all Jones compromise offers and were set to remove...
by David Gumpert | Aug 25, 2014 | Legal, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
If you look at the recent legal scorecard, the Food Rights movement is getting clobbered. Losses in Maine (Dan Browns food sovereignty case), Wisconsin (Vernon Hershbergers appeal of his single misdemeanor conviction, along with rejection of Zinniker-Craig case) and...
by David Gumpert | Jul 22, 2014 | Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
The government-sponsored dump of nearly $5,000 of milk, eggs, butter, and cream from Michigan’s My Family Co-Op yesterday carried a very clear and powerful political message to all Americans: We control your food and we dont like you buying your food outside...
by David Gumpert | Jul 20, 2014 | Food Clubs, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
Jenny Samuelson was all set to do the deal dictated by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development: Dispose of nearly $5,000 worth of raw milk, cream, butter, eggs, and cheese. Under MDARD supervision, she was to bring the 250 gallons of milk to a...
by David Gumpert | Jun 6, 2014 | Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
Its been a year since the criminal trial of Wisconsin raw milk farmer Vernon Hershberger, and his acquittal by a jury of all licensing charges. Things have been very quiet on the enforcement front since then
.almost as quiet as the recent discussion on...
by David Gumpert | Apr 23, 2014 | Legal, Raw Milk, Resistance |
Michael Schmidt has decided to appeal his conviction for violating Ontarios dairy laws to the Canadian Supreme Court. In doing so, he may well have begun another chapter, The New 20-Year Raw Milk War Against Michael Schmidt. In Europe, they fought a 100-Year...
by David Gumpert | Mar 13, 2014 | Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
Youd think food regulators throughout North America would be celebrating the emphatic endorsement they received from Ontarios Court of Appeal in the Michael Schmidt raw milk case. The three justices agreed with everything their government told them to agree...
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