by David Gumpert | Sep 18, 2013 | Food Clubs, Raw Milk, Regulation |
As I watch the debate over raw milk legislation unfold in Wisconsin, I cant help but feel as if Ive seen this movie before….and that it is a version of Groundhog Day. That is the 1993 comedy in which a weatherman covering the Groundhog Day festivities in...
by David Gumpert | Sep 17, 2013 | Legal, Regulation |
Michigan hog farmer Mark Baker will get his day in court over whether he can legally raise pigs the state claims are feral, genetically impure, and illegal under a special order it implemented in 2012. Baker had filed suit against the Michigan Department of...
by David Gumpert | Sep 13, 2013 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
Ive been reading through academic papers being presented this weekend at a Yale University conference on food sovereignty. Ive been learning some new terms from reading papers being presented at the conference. One term that rang a bell is the cunning...
by David Gumpert | Sep 6, 2013 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Once again, we learn the power of all those regulator warnings about the dangers of raw milk–they just seem to expand the market for raw milk and other dairy products. According to Edwin Shank, owner of The Family Cow in Pennsylvania, which re-opened last...
by David Gumpert | Sep 2, 2013 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation |
For much of August, the nations second-largest raw dairy, The Family Cow in Pennsylvania, was shut down. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, as part of its regular testing of licensed dairies, had discovered campylobacter in several samples. There...
by David Gumpert | Aug 31, 2013 | Legal, Raids, Raw Milk |
Its nice to hear from people who knew Aajonus Vonderplanitz, who valued his friendship and benefited from his nutritional counseling. Clearly, he did a lot of good for individuals he advised on his raw-food regimen. That is what grieving is about for...
by David Gumpert | Aug 29, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Food rights activist Aajonus Vonderplanitz died in Thailand yesterday, and the circumstances of his demise reflect the way he lived–on the edge and shrouded in mystery and controversy. The 66-year-old nutritionist was, in some ways, the father...
by David Gumpert | Aug 26, 2013 | Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
Its going to become more difficult for pols to simply trample food rights, and then walk away as if nothing happened. A classic case in point is emerging in Maine. There, the states Republican governor, thought to be supportive of small farmers and...
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