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Angling for a Fight: MA Ag Bullies Try to Run a Tiny Raw Dairy Out of Business…But Brigitte Ruthman Has Other Ideas

by David Gumpert | Aug 12, 2010 | Uncategorized | 17 comments

Brigitte Ruthman at her Joshua’s Farm.Lots of raw milk drinkers I meet when I’m out speaking before various food and green organizations about the ever-increasing intensity of the crackdown on raw milk and nutrient-dense foods tell me, “Well, if it...

One More Time: You Can Get Sick from Raw Milk…But Why the Political Merry-Go-Round?

by David Gumpert | Aug 9, 2010 | Uncategorized | 55 comments

Where have the merry go rounds gone?It’s been quite a few years since I’ve gotten sick from bad food. I have vague memories of the times it’s happened, the memories being primarily around the after-taste of the bad food for the three or four days I...

The Unspoken Political Message Being Sent By Michael Schmidt’s Run for Political Office

by David Gumpert | Aug 5, 2010 | Uncategorized | 38 comments

In a preliminary event to his current run for office–his appearance in the legal case against his distribution of raw milk–Michael Schmidt faced the Canadian media last January. Michael Schmidt is approaching his run for the Ontario parliament with all the...

Suggestion to Media: Start Questioning the Germophobes About What They Fear from Research on Raw Milk’s Nutritional Benefits

by David Gumpert | Aug 4, 2010 | Uncategorized | 9 comments

Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition at New York UniversityThe recent raids of private buying clubs–notably the one of Rawesome Foods in Venice, CA, last month– have drawn even more media inquiring about raw milk, and there was quite a lot of media...

You Want to Believe, But Here’s Why Cooperation with the Food Police Is So Dicey; Lessons from a Cheese Expert

by David Gumpert | Aug 1, 2010 | Uncategorized | 27 comments

A view of the Traditional Foods Minnesota outlet in Minneapolis when it launched in 2008. Warren Burgess has a difficult decision to make. Burgess is a partner in Traditional Foods Minnesota , which was raided by state agriculture authorities in mid-June, and has been...

Latest Raw Milk Legal Follies: Hey, Hey, FDA, Can I Bring Some Raw Milk Home Today?

by David Gumpert | Jul 28, 2010 | Uncategorized | 27 comments

Okay, I never pretended to be a poet. But I was prompted to try some alliteration because of a new development in the Farm-to-Legal Defense Fund case against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in federal court. This case is still at such an early stage that an FDA...

Imagining Bad Things: Yes, the Food Raids Are Great Marketing, But the Risks Are Mounting As Well

by David Gumpert | Jul 27, 2010 | Uncategorized | 6 comments

Video scene from the multi-agency raid on Rawesome Foods June 30. It’s often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. So it is with the video showing officers from the Los Angeles District Attorney entering the Rawesome Foods warehouse with guns...

Next Case: Right to Choose Healthy Food vs Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund–New Opportunity for Choice?

by David Gumpert | Jul 24, 2010 | Uncategorized | 38 comments

Last week, following my July 15 posting, Barney Google addressed a sharp complaint my way about the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. “You keep promoting a legal team that has yet to show a victory in the raw milk battle…They keep promoting these...
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