by David Gumpert | Jul 10, 2009 | Uncategorized |
I thought this symposium on raw milk Sunday sponsored by the American Veterinary Medical Association (described in my previous post) would be a tame affair. But food poison lawyer Bill Marler has signaled he’s coming with machine guns blazing. He posted his...
by David Gumpert | Jul 9, 2009 | Uncategorized |
When I saw the headline Tuesday on a news site that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration implemented new rules about eggs, I prepared myself to be outraged. Would they now be requiring pasteurization of eggs? Irradiation? Lo and behold, the new rules seem rational,...
by David Gumpert | Jul 6, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Pete Kennedy, president of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, addresses a committee meeting of the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments last April.It’s only appropriate that the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund was founded on Independence...
by David Gumpert | Jul 3, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Why do I have this uneasy feeling of being a participant in “Survivor”, and that I’m about to be voted off the island? Seriously, it’s curious how a discussion about raw milk research priorities turns into a rap about freedom and rights. I...
by David Gumpert | Jul 1, 2009 | Uncategorized |
I’m one of these people who believe that seemingly intractable divisions can be resolved by people with good intentions. In other words, when both sides of a political issue truly want a resolution, then they make it happen through compromise. We’ve seen...
by David Gumpert | Jun 28, 2009 | Uncategorized |
The more data there is suggesting that raw milk is not only safe, but also healthy and popular, the more difficult it is for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control, and the various professional medical associations to argue otherwise....
by David Gumpert | Jun 24, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Raw milk for sale on a central Massachusetts farm.In our debates about the economic impact of raw dairies, we’ve had to speculate, use our personal experiences. There’s been a lot of that going on over the last few days, along with intense debate over...
by David Gumpert | Jun 20, 2009 | Uncategorized |
There’s an interesting survey going on from the Raw Dairy listserve about how much people are paying for raw milk. When I filled it out last evening, here were the results, based on 39 responses: Some 70% were paying over $6 a gallon, and 30% were paying over...
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