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As Missouri Milk Board Plans Morningland Dairy’s Funeral, Possible Encore At 2nd MO Raw Milk Cheese Maker

by David Gumpert | Jan 23, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 18 comments

Missouri is turning out to not be a great place for raw milk cheese makers to be operating. On Friday, the sad final scene of a two-and-a-half year tragedy will play out for Morningland Dairy. It is the once-thriving raw-cheese-making business that came under...

When Poop Becomes a “Drug,” Docs Better Watch How They Speak to the FDA

by David Gumpert | Jan 18, 2013 | Legal, Regulation, Research | 30 comments

There appears to be a little hangup in all the good news about poop helping cure intestinal infections. You see, when you discover that something, anything, acts as a cure for disease, well, that something becomes, in the parlance of the U.S. Food and Drug...

What Do Guns and Raw Milk Have in Common…or Why Do So Many People Have So Little Trust in Government’s Pronouncements?

by David Gumpert | Jan 16, 2013 | News Media, Raw Milk | 58 comments

I was watching President Obama at his press conference yesterday trying to explain why it is that every time there is talk about measures to reign in firearms, thousands of people rush out and stock up on guns and ammo. He looked serious and perplexed, said it was a...

Words That Define Us—Are We “Under the Radar”, “Food Handlers”… or “Grassroots”, “Sustainable”?

by David Gumpert | Jan 12, 2013 | Legal, Regulation, Resistance | 19 comments

By Heather RetbergHeather Retberg is a Maine farmer, and one of the organizers of the Food Sovereignty movement that launched in Maine in 2009 and 2010, and has evolved into a national movement. Eight towns in Maine and an unknown number as far west as California have...

Heritage Hog Farmer Mark Baker Struggles to Hold on to His Livelihood, and His Patriotism; Michael Schmidt Update

by David Gumpert | Jan 9, 2013 | Legal, Raids, Regulation, Resistance | 27 comments

Imagine leaving the military after a long career, enthusiastically launching a new business, and then, after much business trauma, concluding that the system you spent years defending with your life is corrupt. That kind of summarizes Mark Baker’s experience over...

Here Come FDA Compost Technicians; Flagstaff, AZ, Feels Urgency for Food Sovereignty Ordinance; Hershberger Trial Update

by David Gumpert | Jan 5, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Regulation, Resistance | 29 comments

“Take peanuts. To be safe, I want them tested as they leave the fields. I want them processed at temperatures high enough to kill salmonella. I want to store them covered so birds can’t contaminate them with their droppings. I want them tested before they are released...

Raw Milk Akin to “Controlled Substance,” Prosecutor Tells Judge in Schlangen Case

by David Gumpert | Jan 4, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 14 comments

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture continues to push ahead with misdemeanor criminal charges involving the distribution of raw milk, meat, and eggs against farmer Alvin Schlangen in his home county, despite the similarity to three charges he was acquitted on last...

In 2012 Food Rights Became Legal Issue–Can A Movement Emerge in 2013?

by David Gumpert | Jan 2, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Nutrition, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation, Research, Resistance | 25 comments

A year ago I summarized the key themes for 2011 as “rising shock events” and “rising stress levels,” thanks to highly public raids on food clubs and farms.I’d say 2012 was the year these shock events played out in a number of ways, primarily...
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