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What’s Goin’ On, What’s Goin’ On…Beyond a Whole Lot of Bickering; A New Guide for Launching a Private Food Club

by David Gumpert | Dec 6, 2011 | Uncategorized | 49 comments

I’m a little behind most of the rest of you. I was still yesterday digesting the intense comments from two posts ago (November 30). Deborah Stockton’s insightful analysis of how farmers have been betrayed over the last half-century-plus, by their own...

OPDC Inches Toward Resuming Shipments; A New Rawesome Three Prosecutor; Clarity on Epidemiology

by David Gumpert | Dec 3, 2011 | Uncategorized | 39 comments

The nearly three-week shutdown of Organic Pastures Dairy Co. may be nearing an end. Mark McAfee, the owner, reported that the Fresno, CA, dairy has been cleared to begin production. Additional testing of the products by the California Department of Food and...

More on Legal Challenges Facing Two Midwest Dairy Farmers Summoned Before Grand Jury, and Importance of Solid Food Club Deals; Rep Complains to FDA; Adding Insult

by David Gumpert | Dec 1, 2011 | Uncategorized | 30 comments

I know a lot of people here don’t much care for Food Safety News, feeling that it is biased in many respects, particularly against raw dairy, but I’ve just had an uplifting experience with the publication, and its publisher, Bill Marler. He encouraged me...

Is There a Hidden Message in the FDA’s Latest Escalation? A Phone Message from Raw Milk Freedom Riders; Michael Schmidt’s Sentence by Reluctant Judge

by David Gumpert | Nov 28, 2011 | Uncategorized | 44 comments

It’s difficult not to notice that the pace of state and federal actions against raw milk producers and distributors is intensifying, not only in quantity, but in terms of the charges being sought. The feds began the current spree with the suit against Amish...

U.S. Following Through on 2009 Plot? Seems So As Federal Grand Jury Investigating IN and MI Raw Dairy Farmers

by David Gumpert | Nov 24, 2011 | Uncategorized | 49 comments

Two raw dairy farmers–Richard Hebron and David Hochstetler–have been ordered to appear before a federal grand jury in Detroit in connection with what an assistant U.S. attorney calls a “federal criminal investigation.” The investigation may...

WI AG to Vernon Hershberger: You’re Invited, Bring a Friend…Raw Milk Freedom Riders Party May Be More Fun; Let’s Get Real on OPDC Situation

by David Gumpert | Nov 21, 2011 | Uncategorized | 75 comments

The Wisconsin attorney general’s office sent dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger a little invite this past week. It came from an assistant attorney general, Eric D. Defort.  “I am writing to invite you to meet with me at the Sauk County Sheriff’s...

State of Maine Pushes Hard for a Test of a Town’s Food Sovereignty Ordinance…and of Supporters’ Resolve; In OPDC Case, Politics or Revenge? Assessing Raw Dairy Data

by David Gumpert | Nov 17, 2011 | Uncategorized | 56 comments

How strongly will the town of Blue Hill, Maine, and food sovereignty supporters,(not necessarily in that order) stand up to the state’s pressure to push the town aside while it prosecutes a local farmer for selling raw milk and other foods directly to town...

Organic Pastures in Raw Dairy Recall After 5 Children Sickened, 3 Hospitalized, by E.Coli O157:H7; Customers Express Support, As OPDC Appeals

by David Gumpert | Nov 16, 2011 | What's New | 53 comments

Organic Pastures Dairy Co., the nation’s largest raw dairy said it is recalling all its raw dairy products after it was informed by public health authorities that five children were sickened by E.coli 0157:H7. Three were hospitalized with hemolytic uremic...
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