by David Gumpert | Mar 28, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Wisconsin raw milk producers, who have long faced opposition from regulators, judges, and the factory milk establishment, now have another opponent: Rural Mutual Insurance Co., which is owned by Farm Bureau.The insurer recently sent out a letter to its Wisconsin farm...
by David Gumpert | Mar 25, 2012 | Uncategorized |
A third sizable raw dairy in the last four months has been temporarily shuttered–in addition to Organic Pastures Dairy Co. in California and The Family Cow in Pennsylvania. Lots of frustration, and unpleasant questions, are coming up as a result. The biggest...
by David Gumpert | Mar 22, 2012 | Uncategorized |
A state judge in Ventura has ruled in a preliminary hearing that the fraud case against Sharon Palmer and James Stewart, of Rawesome Food Club fame, will move to a trial. A jury trial could come as early as May or June. The original charges were softened a...
by David Gumpert | Mar 20, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Claravale Farm has voluntarily suspended milk production for a second week, in response to reports of additional illnesses from campylobacter (as noted in my previous post).At least three children who drank Claravale Farm milk were identified by Pediatric...
by David Gumpert | Mar 18, 2012 | Uncategorized |
A suburban San Francisco pediatric practice says there is ever-more evidence connecting an outbreak of campylobacter among nine of its young patients to Claravale Farm, a producer of raw milk. What’s been the pediatric practice’s response? Well, it emailed...
by David Gumpert | Mar 16, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Regulation, Resistance |
There are lots of people who justifiably wish all the conflict and legal stuff associated with Rawesome Food Club would just go away. Even those who are sympathetic wish it weren’t so messy. If only Sharon Palmer wasn’t involved. If only Aajonus...
by David Gumpert | Mar 15, 2012 | Uncategorized |
It’s taken a while, many months longer than I anticipated, to launch this newly designed blog site. Hopefully it has been worth the wait. FIRST THINGS FIRST: IF YOU WERE SIGNED UP TO LOG IN AND POST COMMENTS AT THE PREVIOUS SITE, YOU WILL HAVE TO...
by David Gumpert | Mar 15, 2012 | What's New |
Calendar of Legal Events Farm Food Freedom Calendar This service of the Farm Food Freedom Alliance keeps tabs of upcoming court cases involving farmers, food club managers, and others caught up in the state and federal crackdown on food right of recent years. Blogs...
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