by David Gumpert | Aug 7, 2019 | What's New |
Lots of people here believe that the so-called “alphabet agencies” operate semi-autonomously, especially when it comes to those having to do with food–the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In this...
by David Gumpert | Jul 2, 2019 | What's New |
When it comes time to slaughter cattle and pigs at Amos Miller’s farm in Bird-in-Hand, PA, the process has been pretty much the same for decades. One of the Amish farm hands brings out a pistol, and shoots each animal between the eyes. “You have to hit them in just...
by David Gumpert | Jun 13, 2019 | What's New |
A special plaque hung in the woods of Switzerland in 2014 near the French border, finally honoring Swiss citizens who in the 1940s helped Jewish migrants escaping France, in defiance of Swiss laws restricting migration. I’ve been following the U.S. government’s...
by David Gumpert | May 19, 2019 | What's New |
Stock markets provide important insights into which industries are on the rise and which are heading down. Look at the trend for Dean Foods, the dairy market monopolists, over the last five years, and you’ll see a clear downward path in share price, from over...
by David Gumpert | May 5, 2019 | What's New |
I’ve long been a small business junkie. I spent much of my journalism career writing about innovative small businesses that grow quickly by building important products, often in technology. I especially love to see brilliant entrepreneurs guide small quirky companies...
by David Gumpert | Apr 15, 2019 | What's New |
William McSwain, the U.S. Attorney who is prosecuting the case against raw dairy farmer Amos Miller Back at the start of his campaign for president, in September 2016, Donald Trump argued that the government could save well over $1 trillion by doing away with...
by David Gumpert | Apr 3, 2019 | What's New |
The pick-your-meat counter at the Butcher Shop and Grill in Johannesburg, South Africa I’m always struck, when I travel to far-off places like Europe and Asia, with how good the food tastes and looks, compared to what I’m used to in the U.S. The egg yolks are orange,...
by David Gumpert | Mar 9, 2019 | What's New |
Michael Schmidt greets regulators and police raiding his farm, on horseback, in 2012. You look at the map showing raw milk availability in the U.S., on the site of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, and you realize how far this country has come in making raw...
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