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Key Lesson in Judge’s Ruling Against Michael Hartmann: Don’t Go to Court with a Bunch of Illnesses on Your Watch

by David Gumpert | Dec 23, 2010 | Uncategorized | 87 comments

The Hartmann Farm. Michael Hartmann’s legal challenge to Minnesota authorities over confiscation of his dairy farm’s products last May was totally rejected by a state judge. The case was tried over several weeks last August, but the judge only yesterday...

What’s It Mean for a Suburban Mom to Become Target of Food Police? In MN, Home Search, Questioning of Neighbors, Threat of Criminal Prosecution

by David Gumpert | Dec 21, 2010 | Uncategorized | 54 comments

For consumers of nutrient-dense foods who have assumed that it’s only farmers and managers of food clubs who are at risk in the growing good-food clampdown, the story of Rae Lynn Sandvig may help set things straight. Sandvig is a suburban mother of four who...

How Convincing Is the Evidence for Destroying Morningland Dairy’s Entire Cheese Inventory?

by David Gumpert | Dec 20, 2010 | Uncategorized | 9 comments

Morningland Dairy, the small Missouri cheese producer caught up in spillover from the June 30 raid of Rawesome Food Club, has begun a legal journey that it hopes will allow it to get back into business. Morningland has been in business for thirty years without any...

Finally, an In-Depth Look at Raw Milk Cheese; Ahem, About That Food Safety Crisis Congress Is About to Respond To

by David Gumpert | Dec 16, 2010 | Uncategorized | 52 comments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has suggested on several occasions over the last few years that there are safety issues associated with raw milk cheeses. It has further suggested it wants to lengthen, or do away entirely with the current 60-day aging requirement...

Outgrowth of a Rampage: MN Gives an American Slant to the Notion of Collective Punishment

by David Gumpert | Dec 14, 2010 | Uncategorized | 17 comments

Now we’re told the Minnesota Department of Agriculture agent with the beret seizing people’s milk last Tuesday is a disabled veteran. His name is Jim Roettger, and he’s also the guy who signed the search warrant that allowed the seizure of milk, and...

Im Sorry, But Coming to Police Raid to Steal Peoples Food with Handicapped Placard Just a Symbol of Bigger Problem

by David Gumpert | Dec 11, 2010 | Uncategorized | 50 comments

Before I explore the latest controversy to have come out of Tuesday’s highly public raid of the Hartmann Farm delivery, I should report that the Hartmann Farm, half a dozen of its customers, and the Foundation for Consumer Free Choice have filed suit in state...

Minnesota Raw Milk Drinkers Better Get Over Their Shock Pretty Quickly…and Consider How to Protect Their Farmer

by David Gumpert | Dec 10, 2010 | Uncategorized | 24 comments

I’ve been monitoring some of the reactions coming out of Minnesota from the raid Tuesday on the Hartmann milk, and this one is typical: “I am just shocked. I can’t believe this happened. If this would have happened at my milk pick-up, it would have...

Confrontation Over Raw Milk in MN: The Natives Are Getting Restless; Listeria Hysteria Over Raw Milk Cheese

by David Gumpert | Dec 9, 2010 | Uncategorized | 24 comments

People are starting to get worked up about regulators taking away their food. As you’ll see on the video here, about thirty people confronted two agents from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture yesterday outside Minneapolis when the agents confiscated raw...
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