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Selling the Dream: Veteran Farmers Push Classes and Workshops

by David Gumpert | May 25, 2022 | What's New | 0 comments

There was an old saying back years ago when I was a business consultant that goes like this: Those who can, do. Those who can’t do, teach. Those who can’t teach? They consult. I think of that little refrain as I see an increasing number of email and Facebook...

Hey, Did You Hear the Report About Elon Musk Buying Up American Farmland? No, Me Neither…But Just Wait!

by David Gumpert | Apr 30, 2022 | What's New | 8 comments

The rumor on social media that old super villain Bill Gates is buying up much of America’s farmland got me thinking about new super hero Elon Musk….* Elon Musk is the current darling of the far right, with his recent purchase of Twitter for $44 billion and his...

No Way Out: ‘Forever Chemicals’ Poisoning Organic Produce, and Sickening Growers

by David Gumpert | Apr 27, 2022 | What's New | 12 comments

Like many health-minded Americans, I’ve long sought out organic food as much as possible, especially vegetables, fruits, and dairy. Even the corporate organic produce, I figured, had lower odds of contamination from pesticides and other chemicals than conventional...

Remembering the Bad Boy of Raw Dairy, Michael Hartmann, and the Constitutional Values He Fought For

by David Gumpert | Mar 26, 2022 | What's New | 29 comments

Minnesota raw dairy farmer Michael Hartmann died in January. Hartmann became a folk hero in the Minneapolis area for standing up to state public health regulators who raided his delivery truck and farm on numerous occasions between 2010 and 2014 to halt his raw milk...

The Ukrainians Are Us, But Are We Still Them?

by David Gumpert | Mar 5, 2022 | What's New | 42 comments

The photos of ill-equipped Ukrainian soldiers saying sad good-byes to their fleeing wives and children and going off to fight the invading armies of one of the world’s most powerful militaries conjure up a time in American history when something similar was happening...

Hey Michael Schmidt, Here’s Hoping You Get a Honk or Two from the Canadian Truckers

by David Gumpert | Feb 7, 2022 | What's New | 88 comments

Canadian raw milk farmer Michael Schmidt reports he is being pursued, yet again, by regulators in Ontario. “After 28 years in court, my friend Glen Jarvie investigator for the Government returned with court papers and charged us once again,” Schmidt posted on Facebook...

Taking Stock of the Lasting Trauma of Last January’s Insurrection Attempt

by David Gumpert | Jan 5, 2022 | What's New | 92 comments

The attempted insurrection last January 6 was a traumatic event for many Americans. We have all had the good fortune to live in a country that has known only political stability for many generations. Few of us appreciate that we are in the world’s minority—in much of...

Can the Coming Food-production Revolution Save Us from Killing Each Other?

by David Gumpert | Dec 15, 2021 | What's New | 18 comments

Over the past summer and fall, at farmers markets and food coops in New Hampshire and Vermont, I kept seeing small packages of  “microgreen” products, with names like ‘black oil sunflower microgreens’ and ‘pea microgreens.’ I bought a few and found them delicious...
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