by David Gumpert | Oct 23, 2016 | What's New |
A USDA investigation of Pennsylvania farmer Amos Miller’s meat production practices has taken an ominous turn in recent days, apparently morphing into a national dragnet to collect the food purchase records of thousands of food club members around the country. One ray...
by David Gumpert | Oct 18, 2016 | What's New |
In1967, a group of Greek army colonels, fed up with the country’s established politicians, staged a coup d’etat. The military officers ruled the way military dictators always rule—they suspended freedom of speech and assembly along with due process and other freedoms...
by David Gumpert | Oct 7, 2016 | What's New |
For entertainment these days, Michigan hog farmer Mark Baker likes to watch episodes from the 1960s sitcom, The Andy Griffith Show. It’s the show where Andy is the sheriff of the fictitious small town of Mayberry, North Carolina, assisted by his trusty, and somewhat...
by David Gumpert | Sep 24, 2016 | What's New |
For years now, farmers have borne the brunt of government efforts to interfere with food rights and consumer access to the foods of their choice. That may be about to change, as consumers launch actions to take the burden of government harassment off farmers’ backs. A...
by David Gumpert | Sep 12, 2016 | What's New |
It was just about a year ago that the fermented-cod-liver-oil scandal exploded onto the foodie scene via an officer of the Weston A. Price Foundation scolding her organization for endorsing and promoting the only known commercial brand of FCLO, from Nebraska company...
by David Gumpert | Aug 24, 2016 | What's New |
During a federal court hearing in late June, there was soothing talk from a USDA inspector that the forced inspection being sought on Amos Miller’s Pennsylvania farm was intended to “educate him about safety.” Federal Judge Edward Smith approved the inspection order...
by David Gumpert | Aug 14, 2016 | What's New |
Like many Jewish survivors of Germany’s Nazi period, my father didn’t like to talk about his experiences back then. But from a couple of conversations I had with him before he died in 1997, I extracted this story: In 1933, shortly after Adolph Hitler assumed power, my...
by David Gumpert | Aug 2, 2016 | What's New |
Amos Miller isn’t certain how many times the agents from the U.S. Department of Agriculture have been back to his Pennsylvania farm since that first highly public visit three weeks ago (chronicled in my July 11 blog post). It’s probably been five or six times, he...
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