by David Gumpert | Oct 7, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Defense lawyer Anja Sharma-Wilson outside the courthouse following the Rawesome Three hearing.As the prosecution in the Rawesome Three raw milk/private buying club case dribbles out its evidence, even the experienced criminal lawyers defending the three are astounded...
by David Gumpert | Oct 5, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Aajonus Vonderplanitz testifying before Los Angeles County Board of SupervisorsUntil now, food sovereignty has been a curious idea that has caught on in a few small towns in Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, and most recently, Santa Cruz, CA. But the food sovereignty...
by David Gumpert | Oct 2, 2011 | Uncategorized |
It sure would be nice if the emerging food rights movement could always pick its spots to protest government brutality and criminality against farmers and food clubs. Note, I am choosing my words carefully here. Yes, when government agents from ten or more agencies...
by David Gumpert | Oct 1, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Demonstrators on Wall Street.Hugh Betcha suggested that it sometimes seems on this blog as if it’s still 2007, and I think he has a valid point. Certainly one attitude that was strong back then was the sense that judges would uphold the banner of food rights....
by David Gumpert | Sep 29, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Michael SchmidtWhile expressing sympathy for the arguments of raw milk drinkers and producers, an Ontario appeals judge has nonetheless reversed dairy farmer Michael Schmidt’s exoneration nearly two years ago on charges of violating the province’s dairy...
by David Gumpert | Sep 27, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Mary Martin with husban Tony and son Chris, in 2009. A few people here have raised the question I’ve been thinking: Why is Mary Martin inserting her daily remembrances of her son’s illness five years ago into each blog discussion of the past month? The...
by David Gumpert | Sep 25, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Why does the dairy industry push the U.S. Food and Drug Administration so hard to crack down on raw dairy producers? The dairy industry seems to be mostly in the background, and any publicly-offered reasoning is always to the effect that illnesses from raw dairy taint...
by David Gumpert | Sep 21, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Kristin CantyI saw Kristin Candy’s documentary “Farmageddon” last Friday, when it opened in Boston (including having the privilege of introducing the producer to the film audience). Even though I knew about all the cases of hit-upon farmers and food...
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