by David Gumpert | Apr 22, 2016 | What's New |
A significant government legal action—either a raid or a court suit— seems to be in the offing against Miller’s Organic Farm in Pennsylvania. In an effort to counter and possibly head off the regulatory hostility that is gathering, members of the farm’s private...
by David Gumpert | Apr 13, 2016 | What's New |
The mainstream media had a grand old time last month reporting that several West Virginia legislators appeared to have been sickened by raw milk, just days after passing legislation to legalize herdshares. The hosts of the Today Show yukked it up. You could see Matt...
by David Gumpert | Apr 8, 2016 | What's New |
As previously reported here, Vermont farmer John Klar has openly challenged state laws that restrict farmers and consumers from an age-old tradition of slaughtering animals on-farm and then having them processed at local state-inspected custom processors. Klar here...
by David Gumpert | Mar 31, 2016 | What's New |
Those of you old enough may recall a television show of the late 1950s and early 1960s, “To Tell the Truth”. It featured a panel of celebrities charged with correctly picking out from among three anonymous individuals the one with an unusual occupation or experience,...
by David Gumpert | Mar 25, 2016 | What's New |
Many sustainable farmers have privately railed against state and federal rules that require cattle to be slaughtered in regulated beef slaughtering facilities. Now, Vermont farmer John Klar has resolved to do something about his personal frustration, describing his...
by David Gumpert | Mar 23, 2016 | What's New |
by David Gumpert and Liz Reitzig The U.S. Centers for Disease Control last week issued a report accusing Miller’s Organic Farm in Pennsylvania of producing raw milk that was “the likely source” of listeria that killed a Florida individual. It was an open-and-shut...
by David Gumpert | Mar 18, 2016 | What's New |
Federal health regulators claim to have linked two serious illnesses in elderly individuals from listeria in 2014—one in California and one in Florida that resulted in a death—with Miller’s Organic Farm in Pennsylvania. Irony of ironies, the feds’ key evidence came...
by David Gumpert | Mar 16, 2016 | What's New |
When Michael Schmidt arrived at the Ontario Superior Court in Newmarket at about 8 Wednesday morning, a court security guard greeted him like an old friend. “I’ve been coming here for ten years, and know some of these people well. The security guy told me that each...
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