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...
by David Gumpert | May 7, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Boston Common, which will be the site of a rally at 8:45 a.m. Monday, in advance of a hearing at 10 on banning raw milk buying clubs. It’s taken a while, but his Big Dairy handlers seem finally to have gotten Scott Soares, the Massachusetts commissioner of the...
by David Gumpert | May 6, 2010 | Uncategorized |
At the end of the now-infamous meeting he had a week ago Monday with raw milk proponents, Scott Soares, the commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, suggested that proponents come up with specific ideas for making adjustments to the...
by David Gumpert | May 3, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Dinner at Bunten Farm Kitchen, Orford, NH.I was at a NH restaurant this past weekend when I heard the words in the heading above. This was an unusual restaurant, as you might expect–one operated by a farm family, way out in the country, within sight of the...
by David Gumpert | Apr 30, 2010 | Uncategorized |
The Boston Tea PartyI’d like to personally thank the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for articulating its food-rights policy. I know, I don’t usually have nice things to say about the FDA, but I’m feeling appreciative because the agency has made it...
by David Gumpert | Apr 28, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Round One in what I labeled last February “the main event”—the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund’s suit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration—has just begun. The FDA is seeking a quick knockout via a motion to dismiss the FTCLDF...
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