by David Gumpert | Oct 21, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
The scene outside Halcyon Grange #345 on a rural road in tiny Blue Hill, Maine, is one that has been played out countless times over the past couple centuries. As darkness set in, a couple of men, volunteers, were carving up a pig that had been roasting on a large...
by David Gumpert | Oct 17, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Last week, the Raw Milk Institute (RAWMI) held its second annual Training Day. It brought together a wide range of people that would have been unthinkable three or four years ago. RAWMI founder Mark McAfee provides this account of the people and happenings of the...
by David Gumpert | Oct 11, 2013 | Food Safety, Regulation |
I was explaining to a friend yesterday that the federal government in the form of the U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to allow a multibillion-dollar food corporation to sell product, even after its chicken has been associated with hundreds of illnesses, many...
by David Gumpert | Oct 9, 2013 | Food Safety, Regulation, Research |
Theres an outbreak of illnesses from salmonella in chicken that is making national headlines–278 people in 18 states have been sickened. More alarming is the fact that 42% of those sickened have been hospitalized, and that the pathogen seems resistant to...
by David Gumpert | Oct 8, 2013 | Legal, News Media, Regulation |
One of the key witnesses at Wisconsin farmer Vernon Hershbergers criminal trial in May over his private food sales was his father, Daniel Hershberger. The elder Hershberger testified about how he moved with his son from an area of Ohio, which was becoming more...
by David Gumpert | Oct 4, 2013 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation, Research |
It is encouraging to learn from Mark McAfee of Organic Pastures Dairy Co. about the growing acceptance among scientific researchers in California of raw milk (per his comments following my previous post). I have written in the past about the open-mindedness of...
by David Gumpert | Sep 29, 2013 | Food Clubs, Nutrition |
In death, as in life, food rights advocate and nutritionist Aajonus Vonderplanitz continues to stir up controversy. Now, its over his death, and whether he died as detailed by a number of witnesses, including his girlfriend in Thailand, in an accident. I spoke...
by David Gumpert | Sep 23, 2013 | Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
Lots more people are beginning to get it on food rights. They are coming to understand they cant look the other way when regulators try to intimidate farmers on trumped-up charges. They are beginning to appreciate the importance of becoming directly involved in...
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