by David Gumpert | May 23, 2010 | Uncategorized |
A reader emailed me questioning how I could suggest farmers partake of civil disobedience. “It strikes me as somewhat irresponsible to be recommending farmers break the law to make a point about rights. Easy for you to recommend that since it doesn’t...
by David Gumpert | May 20, 2010 | Uncategorized |
This tidbit just a couple days ago from an investment adviser I follow, Richard Russell, who’s been writing a very popular newsletter for upwards of fifty years: “Do your friends a favor. Tell them to ‘batten down the hatches’ because...
by David Gumpert | May 18, 2010 | Uncategorized |
John Auerbach, Massachusetts Commissioner of Public HealthThe general assumption about the after-hours announcement May 7 that the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources was withdrawing its proposed ban on buying clubs was that the move was prompted by a...
by David Gumpert | May 18, 2010 | Uncategorized |
I have to admit I sometimes feel sorry for Scott Soares, the commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources. This guy, by all accounts, has been a supporter of small farms in Massachusetts. As recently as last December, he sent a strong letter...
by David Gumpert | May 15, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Domonstrators Monday on Boston Common, near MA State House.It’s taken me a little longer than I expected to recover from the Massachusetts raw milk protest festivities on Monday. I’ve never been involved in organizing a protest. Not that I did a lot of the...
by David Gumpert | May 11, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Scott Soares, Massachusetts agriculture commissioner, left, after the hearing Monday. One after another–farmers, moms, dads, lawyers, buying club owners, a state rep, and a blind woman, some 50 in all–they testified this morning before the commissioner of...
by David Gumpert | May 9, 2010 | Uncategorized |
I guess I’m feeling a lot of gratitude these days. Last week, I was thanking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for clarifying its position on food and health rights (that we have none). Today, I want to express thanks to the Massachusetts Department of...
by David Gumpert | May 8, 2010 | Uncategorized |
It seems as if Scott Soares, the Massachusetts commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, has been hearing from lots of consumers who aren’t pleased about his ongoing efforts to mess with their food by harassing raw milk buying...
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