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It’s Time to Give the FDA a Dose of Its Own Medicine: Five Suggestions for How the Maryland Food Club Can Fight Back (and How the Rest of Us Can Help)

by David Gumpert | May 2, 2011 | Uncategorized | 22 comments

?Following my previous post, Fish in the Water expresses the emotional extremes many of us feel about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s latest assault on our food freedoms. “As a member of the aforementioned club, I have just been absolutely...

Memo to Petraeus at CIA: Grab Those FDA Guys Who Took Out Amish Raw Milk Farmer…On Second Thought…

by David Gumpert | Apr 29, 2011 | Uncategorized | 22 comments

When Gen. David Patraeus takes over direction of the Central Intelligence Agency sometime in the next few months, he may want to begin mining the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for some new talent. The FDA sent a number of its agents into undercover mode to gather...

Taking Illness Bull By the Horns: Should Raw Dairies Be Issuing Pointed Warnings to Raw Milk Newbies?

by David Gumpert | Apr 26, 2011 | Uncategorized | 23 comments

I look at the illness outbreak blamed on Texas’ largest raw dairy, and I’m mystified. It happened at a dairy with apparently impeccable cleanliness and serious attention to safety. We don’t know much beyond what Texas health authorities say about the...

Health Officials Say They Have the Goods on Texas Raw Dairy, So Why Are There So Many Strange Occurrences?

by David Gumpert | Apr 22, 2011 | Uncategorized | 32 comments

Todd Moore (second from left) and family being recognized at a livestock show. On the face of it, the case against Lavon Farms looks open and shut. Milk from the Plano, TX, raw dairy, the largest in the state, has been genetically linked to four illnesses from...

Boring…Isn’t It About Time for Some New Thinking About Raw Dairy and Children? New Indications of Opportunity for Producers of Nutrient-Dense Food

by David Gumpert | Apr 20, 2011 | Uncategorized | 21 comments

Indian students crowd exhibits at the Gandhi Museum in Mumbai. One of the more moving experiences during my travels in India was visiting the Gandhi Museum in Mumbai. It’s plain–basically, a modest home in a nice area of Mumbai…low tech, as well,...

Sitting in Limbo…For Wayne Craig, It’s Going on 9 Years, and Who Knows How Long His Latest Legal Battle Will Take

by David Gumpert | Apr 18, 2011 | Uncategorized | 10 comments

Sitting here in LimboWaiting for the dice to roll.Yeah, now, sitting here in Limbo,Still got some time to search my soul.Meanwhile, they’re putting up a resistance,But I know that my faith will lead me on.The verse above, from reggae singer Jimmy Cliff’s...

Now FDA Takes Up Listeria Danger in Various Foods, Including Raw Milk–What Will New “Per Serving” Data Show?

by David Gumpert | Apr 15, 2011 | Uncategorized | 15 comments

I’ve been trying to get back in the swing of things after being away for a month–recovering from jet lag, unpacking,  going through mail, paying overlooked bills, re-stocking the fridge and all that sort of thing. I haven’t felt like doing...

On the Road Again: Reflecting on Climate Change, Community, Safety, Traveling Through Southern Asia

by David Gumpert | Apr 11, 2011 | Uncategorized | 42 comments

For the last four weeks I have played tourist, traveling through southern Asia—Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand,  Sri Lanka, and then for the last ten days, India.  For all the economic gains we hear so much about in Asia, the differences between that part...
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