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Moderna’s Spectacular Covid Success Highlights New Science Driving Vaccines: “A platform like the iPhone.”

by David Gumpert | Feb 28, 2021 | What's New | 39 comments

“Chance favors the prepared mind.” Louis Pasteur I couldn’t help but think about this quote last Wednesday, as I sat in on a panel discussion at the Harvard Business School of a recently completed case study of Moderna, whose Covid vaccine is taking the world by storm...

Radicalized Food Rights Cops: When a Group of Sheriffs Catches the Political Virus

by David Gumpert | Jan 28, 2021 | What's New | 63 comments

A few American sheriffs will always hold an important spot in food rights lore, even if they wound up getting sucked into Donald Trump’s “big lie” that the 2020 election was fraudulent. Brad Rogers back in 2011, as an Indiana county sheriff. One of the most important...

That Second Virus Threatening Us: Has the Fever Broken?

by David Gumpert | Jan 12, 2021 | What's New | 49 comments

So the word is Vice President Pence has finally spoken with President Trump. I’ve been trying to imagine how that conversation went. Maybe something like this: Insurrectionists in the Capitol, one wearing an anti-Semitic t-shirt. (From British television channel ITV)...

Yum! Lab-produced Meat, Dairy, Veggies Come on Strong

by David Gumpert | Jan 7, 2021 | What's New | 16 comments

This is the time of year to make resolutions….and predictions. I long ago gave up on New Year’s resolutions (just don’t work well in real life), but I love predictions. Not necessarily to make them, but to read about them. I remember all those wild predictions from...

“World’s Most Innovative Farmer” Gets Caught Up in America’s New Racial Reckoning

by David Gumpert | Nov 29, 2020 | What's New | 129 comments

The stain of racism continues making itself felt in all corners of our culture. There have been widely publicized examples in areas from sports broadcasting to high tech and places in between.  Even among American Buddhist meditation centers, there have been...

Reflections on Canada’s Raw Milk Trial: Will a Young Judge Help Rescue an Industry Stuck in Old Narratives?

by David Gumpert | Nov 21, 2020 | What's New | 33 comments

There was a lot of legal and public health talent on display at the hearing on the legal challenge by Ontario raw milk drinkers to get the long-standing ban on raw dairy declared unconstitutional. Shaun O’Brien, justice of the OntarioSuperior Court, who presided...

Ghost of John Sheehan Undoes Canadian Courtroom Geniality, Spurs Anti-Raw-Milk Rant

by David Gumpert | Nov 18, 2020 | What's New | 21 comments

For nearly three days, the court proceedings in the Ontario raw-milk-rights case had been a model of Canadian civility. The judge and lawyers each referred to the other as “my friend,” rather than “colleague” or “opponent.” Opposing lawyers never once interrupted the...

At Last, a Canadian Court Considers Legalizing Raw Milk

by David Gumpert | Nov 16, 2020 | What's New | 13 comments

The time has come for Canada to begin allowing the sale of raw milk to those ready to risk consuming it, and in the process put an end to “a peculiar form of Canadian exceptionalism,” a lawyer argued in an Ontario court Monday . An image of Michael Schmidt and his son...
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