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NJ Caught Up in Raw-Milk Dragnet with a Twist

by David Gumpert | Dec 9, 2017 | What's New | 44 comments

(This post has been updated since it was originally posted.) It’s highly unusual for food regulators in a raw milk enforcement crackdown to visit private homes and threaten consumers. The only place I know of where this has happened is Minnesota. Back in 2012, state...

Why Raw Milk Has Trouble Emulating Organic Farming Movement

by David Gumpert | Dec 7, 2017 | What's New | 37 comments

In what may be the most extensive academic article about the modern raw milk movement, Rutger University professor Joseph Heckman provides what he describes as “an historical account of the raw milk movement and its long association with the organic farming movement.”...

The Tough Civics Lesson for Americans in Michael Schmidt’s Jailing

by David Gumpert | Nov 18, 2017 | What's New | 101 comments

It’s sometimes said that a picture is worth a thousand words. That is certainly the case with the photo of Michael Schmidt at left, taken after Schmidt stripped down as required upon entering an Ontario prison yesterday, where he is spending his second of 13 weekends....

FDA Reported on a New War Path Against Raw Milk

by David Gumpert | Nov 13, 2017 | What's New | 49 comments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is trying a new tack, using an obscure regulation, to limit availability of raw milk, and make life miserable for many raw dairy farmers across the country. It has apparently put its lawyers to work scouring dairy regulations, and...

So This Is What Ag Deregulation Looks Like

by David Gumpert | Nov 8, 2017 | What's New | 21 comments

There’s a very old joke that some economists and business school professors like to use for how dairy cows explain different economic systems. It goes like this: Socialism: You have two cows. The government takes one and gives one to your neighbor. Communism: You have...

Why Is FDA Trying to Block Families of Autistic from Accessing Raw Camel Milk?

by David Gumpert | Oct 24, 2017 | What's New | 31 comments

Earlier this year, I wrote about ominous noises coming from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about raw camel milk. The agency had warned the owner of a small Missouri farm, which accounts for the bulk of raw camel milk production in the U.S., to refrain from...

The Joy of a Healthy Daughter–Aided by Raw Milk

by David Gumpert | Oct 1, 2017 | What's New | 37 comments

A father is left alone to raise a premature infant daughter. He decides to abandon conventional formula in favor of raw milk, and now, six years later, he is grateful for the decision he made. He has chronicled the story that follows, of his daughter’s early...

Rice vs Potatoes: Re-living Vietnam Brings Us Back to the Present

by David Gumpert | Sep 28, 2017 | What's New | 16 comments

Like a lot of Boomers, I’ve been riveted by the the 18-hour PBS documentary, “The Vietnam War”. I’m surprised, because I was so immersed in opposing the war back in the 1960s that I figured I knew pretty much everything worth knowing. No Ken Burns recap would...
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