by David Gumpert | Feb 28, 2007 | Uncategorized |
You’d think that after taking nearly four months to answer a few questions posed by Michigan Sen. Carl Levin about the Family Farms Cooperative (FFC) case, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would at least provide some clarification. Instead, it only...
by David Gumpert | Feb 27, 2007 | Uncategorized |
A huge five-foot-by-ten-foot banner went up last Friday in the Ann Arbor meeting hall where the Family Farms Cooperative (FFC) distributes raw milk and other dairy and meat products to members: “This could be our last delivery. We need your help....
by David Gumpert | Feb 25, 2007 | Uncategorized |
As Michigan authorities inch toward a decision about how to follow up on their Oct. 13 sting operation against Richard Hebron and the Family Farms Cooperative, one of the things they are hopefully doing is reviewing the 232 testimonials sent by Michigan raw milk...
by David Gumpert | Feb 24, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I’ve written several postings about the dilemma facing Indiana farmer David Hochstetler and the Family Foods Cooperative (FFC) over the federal Food and Drug Administration’s recent warning letter, ordering Hochstetler to discontinue sending raw milk to...
by David Gumpert | Feb 23, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I spent some time over the last couple of days watching a DVD of a hearing put on in early January by commissioners of the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) seeking public comment about the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). Michigan is due to become...
by David Gumpert | Feb 21, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I take heart from comments on my most recent posting, suggesting that individuals who go to the trouble of shining a light on arrogant regulators can make a difference. Don Neeper’s comment about Arlie Stutzman, an Ohio raw milk farmer, is particularly...
by David Gumpert | Feb 20, 2007 | Uncategorized |
The first legal repercussion from the Michigan raw milk sting has me asking questions. Here is my latest: What should members of Family Farms Cooperative (FFC) do to help David Hochstetler, the Indiana farmer who supplies its raw milk, who is now threatened by a Food...
by David Gumpert | Feb 19, 2007 | Uncategorized |
What should David Hochstetler, the Amish Indiana dairy farmer who supplies the Family Farms Cooperative’s raw milk, do about the warning letter he received from the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?Well, when I posted the previous item about...
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