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Why Regulators Everywhere Are Watching MA So Closely, And Why the Answer Must Be NO, NO, NO

by David Gumpert | May 6, 2010 | Uncategorized | 19 comments

At the end of the now-infamous meeting he had a week ago Monday with raw milk proponents, Scott Soares, the commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, suggested that proponents come up with specific ideas for making adjustments to the...

At a NH Restaurant, a Waitress Asks, And How Would You Like That Milk, Raw or Pasteurized?; MA Hypocrisy

by David Gumpert | May 3, 2010 | Uncategorized | 33 comments

Dinner at Bunten Farm Kitchen, Orford, NH.I was at a NH restaurant this past weekend when I heard the words in the heading above. This was an unusual restaurant, as you might expect–one operated by a farm family, way out in the country, within sight of the...

The Food Rights Firestorm Spreads: Is Big Dairy Helping Regulators Use MA As Test to Bust Raw Milk Buying Clubs?

by David Gumpert | Apr 30, 2010 | Uncategorized | 56 comments

The Boston Tea PartyI’d like to personally thank the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for articulating its food-rights policy. I know, I don’t usually have nice things to say about the FDA, but I’m feeling appreciative because the agency has made it...

Food Regulators As Benign DictatorsFDA Says It Could Be Tougher on Raw Milk; Anyway, No Absolute Rightto Any Particular Food Or Bodily and Physical Health

by David Gumpert | Apr 28, 2010 | Uncategorized | 19 comments

Round One in what I labeled last February “the main event”—the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund’s suit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration—has just begun. The FDA is seeking a quick knockout via a motion to dismiss the FTCLDF...

A Tour of Two Dairies Is a Difference Between Day and Night, and an Inspiration for More Research

by David Gumpert | Apr 26, 2010 | Uncategorized | 39 comments

Scott Trautman leads a tour of his dairy farm. How significantly does the nutritional value of milk differ from one dairy to another? I find myself thinking about that question, given the debate and discussion following my previous post–about the Stanford study...

Questions, Questions: Will WI Guv Sign Raw Milk Legislation? What Does FDA Want With PA Dairy Farmer? Stanford Studies Lactose Intolerance

by David Gumpert | Apr 24, 2010 | Uncategorized | 46 comments

Wisconsin Gov. Jim DoyleWisconsin legislation that would allow Grade A dairy farmers to sell raw milk directly from the farm has now passed both houses of the legislature by significant margins. The legislation has all kinds of weaknesses from the viewpoint of...

Connecticut Dairy Producers Move Toward Establishing Association; OPDC Finally Settles with FDA

by David Gumpert | Apr 22, 2010 | Uncategorized | 15 comments

Chris Hopkins of Stone Wall Dairy Farm in Connecticut. I’ve given talks about my book, The Raw Milk Revolution, in all kinds of interesting places–university classrooms, Congressional hearing rooms (where the microphones didn’t work and I had to...

Might Judges Be Coming to See Through Regulator Obsessiveness on Raw Milk? FDA vs USDA

by David Gumpert | Apr 21, 2010 | Uncategorized | 7 comments

Max Kane outside Wisconsin courthouse before hearing last December. Should consuming raw milk be classified as a form of free speech? Raw milk might have a better shot at legal protection if it fell under such classification. The U.S. Supreme Court has just invoked...
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