by David Gumpert | Aug 9, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Since the federal government launched its anti-rawmilk campaign in 2006, I’ve had a tendency to focus much of my attention on the large states where the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has concentrated its fire: New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and...
by David Gumpert | Aug 6, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Greg Niewendorp (left) with Joel Salatin at a VICFA event in 2007.Michigan may be in the process of establishing a new regulatory standard for states that currently outlaw raw milk sales. That’s the word I get from Greg Niewendorp, the Michigan cattle farmer who...
by David Gumpert | Aug 1, 2009 | Uncategorized |
It’s been a tough week for anyone concerned about food rights. And a cheery week for the technocrat enforcers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, who can see the way clear to harass owners of small farms and small...
by David Gumpert | Jul 29, 2009 | What's New |
What follows is a fairy-tale-turned nightmare that, for some reason, has me thinking about leeches. After you’ve read the story, see if you can figure out why. Or maybe you’ll have your own image. Once upon a time, in the year 2000, Annette and Ken Fischer decided to...
by David Gumpert | Jul 26, 2009 | Uncategorized |
American battleships burn during Japanese sneak attack on Pear Harbor Dec. 7, 1941.As HR 2749 moves through Congress, there is a growing sense of unease among raw milk advocates that the new legislation, being driven by growing panic over foodborne illness, could be...
by David Gumpert | Jul 22, 2009 | Uncategorized |
There have been more than a few shots taken at the Weston A. Price Foundation over the last few days—by Amanda Rose at Ethicurean, by me in my July 14 post, and by various speakers at the American Veterinary Medical Association, not to mention individuals who...
by David Gumpert | Jul 18, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Clowning around at raw milk symposium: from l, Michael Payne of UC Davis, Amanda Rose, yours truly, and Mary McGonigle-Martin doing the rabbit ear honors.There’s a temptation when people with opposing views on a divisive topic get together to think that the...
by David Gumpert | Jul 15, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Last Thursday, I highlighted food poisoning lawyer Bill Marler’s seeming suggestion in his planned presentation to the American Veterinary Medical Association’s raw milk symposium that the Weston A. Price Foundation could be in his line of sight for legal...
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