by David Gumpert | Jun 17, 2010 | Uncategorized |
In April, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was dismissive of any claims consumers might think they have on so-called “food rights.” Consumers have “no absolute right to consume or feed children any particular kind of food,” the...
by David Gumpert | Jun 16, 2010 | Uncategorized |
I’d like to make a few further comments in regard to the discussion following my previous post giving credence to the Minnesota Department of Health’s conclusions about illnesses from the Hartmann farm’s raw milk. What’s fundamentally being...
by David Gumpert | Jun 13, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Scott Trautman’s planned raw milk group can’t get here soon enough for me–“an alternate – FUNCTIONAL – SAFE – system, without DATCP, without FDA,” he wrote following my previus post. “Inspect ourselves, train...
by David Gumpert | Jun 11, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Erma Hershberger was explaining to me today’s episode of “Life on an Idyllic Wisconsin Dairy Farm”. Around 8 a.m., she and her husband, Vernon, were finishing up a late breakfast, when a couple of cop cars and a car with two inspectors from the...
by David Gumpert | Jun 9, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Vernon Hershberger, the Wisconsin dairyman who last week broke the seals placed on his raw dairy fridges and freezer by the state’s Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, this afternoon received a visit from two agency inspectors and a few...
by David Gumpert | Jun 8, 2010 | Uncategorized |
I’ve been wanting to say something more about the Organic Valley decision to throw raw milk sellers out of the co-op, but the Wisconsin/Vernon Hershberger civil disobedience thing interrupted my musings. Then, when I read through some of the recent comments by...
by David Gumpert | Jun 4, 2010 | Uncategorized |
“This [raw milk] debate has reached the point where the opposing sides are irrevocably dug in and equally unmovable in their convictions. Neither side will back down, and neither side is willing to look for compromise. While one has to respect the passion and...
by David Gumpert | Jun 3, 2010 | Uncategorized |
I saw where the Minneapolis Star Tribune was asking customers of Michael Hartmann’s raw dairy to call in so public health authorities could identify and question them about possible illnesses. The paper didn’t say how many had called, but I would be...
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