by David Gumpert | Jun 17, 2013 | Food Safety, Nutrition, Raw Milk, Research |
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has had no hesitancy about spending taxpayer dollars to promote its viewpoint that raw milk is a mortal danger. A couple years back, I called the FDA on its practice, after it spent nearly $2,500 with a press release...
by David Gumpert | Jun 14, 2013 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
It was a sight to warm the hearts of all in DATCP (the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection), not to mention the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration). There was Vernon Hershberger, basking in the warm afternoon sunlight outside...
by David Gumpert | Jun 8, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk |
I found myself laughing out loud when President Obama said, The government isnt listening to your telephone calls. The government just looks at phone numbers and duration of calls. What kind of phone call of what duration prompts a listen-in? And what about...
by David Gumpert | Jun 5, 2013 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids, Raw Milk |
Two years ago, on the Friday before the Memorial Day weekend, inspectors from the local and state health departments clamped cease-and-desist and quarantine orders on coolers containing raw milk intended for members of a Louisville-area food club. What happened next...
by David Gumpert | Jun 3, 2013 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
I like to understand both sides of an issue or controversial event. So Ive been trying to understand the Vernon Hershberger raw milk and licensing case from the viewpoint of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) and the...
by David Gumpert | Jun 1, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Prosecutors in the Vernon Hershberger case filed a motion Friday asking the judge to revoke the raw milk farmer’s release order, and throw him in jail. The prosecution move comes less than a week after Hershberger was acquitted on three misdemeanor criminal...
by David Gumpert | May 31, 2013 | Legal, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation |
So how is it again that the acquittal of Vernon Hershberger favorably impacts the fight for food rights? Its not a legal opinion from a judge, so technically, it doesnt comprise legal precedent or otherwise extend beyond freeing Hershberger from penalties connected...
by David Gumpert | May 26, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk |
Make no mistake, Vernon Hershberger won a huge victory in todays early morning hours in Baraboo, WI. Its a beautiful day, Hershberger told me this morning, after a few hours of sleep following the 1 a.m. jury decision that acquitted him of three of four criminal...
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