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Wisconsins Raw Dairy Producers Discover That Peace Isnt Nearly At Hand, As DATCP Regains Initiative

by David Gumpert | Feb 2, 2010 | Uncategorized | 17 comments

A few weeks ago, with lots of fanfare, the head of Wisconsin’s Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced a “working group” on raw milk, “to decide whether raw milk sales should be allowed in Wisconsin, and if...

When It Comes to Raw Milk, Joseph Heckman Finds That Academia Not the Best Place for Open Debate

by David Gumpert | Feb 1, 2010 | Uncategorized | 13 comments

Joseph Heckman of Rutgers University.Joseph Heckman often feels very lonely in his position as a professor specializing in soil fertility at Rutgers University in New Jersey. That’s because he’s a big believer in the virtues of raw milk, and in what he...

Too Much of a Good Thing? MA Regulators Begin to Turn Against Raw Milk Sales By Cracking Down on Buying Groups

by David Gumpert | Jan 31, 2010 | Uncategorized | 8 comments

Scott Soares, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources.For years, Massachusetts has epitomized a sensible approach to raw milk. It provides permits to dairies selling raw milk directly from the farm. And it’s tolerated buying groups...

The Michael Schmidt Case Helps Explain Why Food Rights Must Be the Guiding Force in the Struggle Over Raw Milk

by David Gumpert | Jan 27, 2010 | Uncategorized | 27 comments

Ontario Judge Paul KowarskyI spoke last evening before a group of about 35 attendees at the Weston A. Price Foundation’s Princeton, NJ, chapter. I try in my talks, as I do here on the blog, to emphasize my belief that raw milk is a proxy issue for food rights....

What Does Raw Milk Have to Do with Group Sex?and Why Connection May Make Appeal of Schmidt Case Unlikely

by David Gumpert | Jan 23, 2010 | Uncategorized | 28 comments

Michael Schmidt displays cow manure he credits with replenishing his farm’s soil, during a tour of Glencolton Farm’s dairy operations Wednesday evening. Americans tend to view Canada as a socialist version of the United States, what with its universal...

Huge Victory for Michael Schmidt As Canadian Judge Rules Cow Shares Outside Regulators’ Jurisdiction

by David Gumpert | Jan 22, 2010 | Uncategorized | 11 comments

Michael Schmidt meets with the media before entering a Newmarket courthouse.In a decision that took Ontario Judge Paul Kowarsky two-and-a-half hours to read, and sounded much of the time like a thoroughly researched legal treatise, raw dairy farmer Michael Schmidt was...

How Will WI Raw Milk Opponents Choose to Fight? On the Issues, or via American-Style Fatwas?

by David Gumpert | Jan 20, 2010 | Uncategorized | 28 comments

The late Ayatollah Khomeini greeting supporters in Iran.Questions, questions. Here’s one before I get to those in the heading: What does raw milk have to do with genetically modified food? I found myself asking that question as I read through the comments...

Why Treating My Post-Traumatic Raw Milk Disorder With Kombucha Hasn’t Worked

by David Gumpert | Jan 16, 2010 | Uncategorized | 44 comments

I have a food secret. I’m a kombucha addict. I drink probably half a 16-ounce bottle of the fermented tea every day. I love the energy I feel from it. Why have I kept it secret? Because I’ve been afraid that if I say anything publicly, I might lose my...
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