by David Gumpert | Sep 9, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Farmers markets are fun and even inspiring places for many of us. We get the opportunity to purchase locally produced food products directly from farmers and artisans. Sometimes there are more sellers of jewelry and caramel corn than I might like, but there’s...
by David Gumpert | Sep 5, 2009 | Uncategorized |
The food line stands ready at Kripalu.I’ve been spending a few days at Kripalu, the huge yoga retreat center in the Berkshires. I’ve been coming here every year or two for the past 15 years, and each time I come, I am on the alert for changes in the food...
by David Gumpert | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized |
I’ve been reading reports that the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) is in trouble. Its funding from Congress has been cut. The listening sessions around the country sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture were nearly unanimous in opposition....
by David Gumpert | Aug 30, 2009 | Uncategorized |
I keep reading about so-called A1 and A2 milk. I haven’t read The Devil in the Milk, but have read enough about it to get the main idea. (According to Amazon’s description of the book, “Milk that contains A1 beta-casein is commonly known as A1 milk;...
by David Gumpert | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized |
If I’ve sounded negative about the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund’s legal initiatives (see my Aug. 22 and Aug. 24 postings), the negativity isn’t rubbing off on Pete Kennedy, the organization’s president. He tells me the fledgling...
by David Gumpert | Aug 25, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Ron Garthwaite and his wife, Collette Cassidy, tend to calves at Claravale Farm in Panoche, CA.As he contemplated a possible December trial of the 2008 suit against California agriculture officials in connection with AB 1735 and its tough coliform standard, Claravale...
by David Gumpert | Aug 23, 2009 | Uncategorized |
The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund was launched on July 4, 2007, to symbolically emphasize its commitment to farmer and consumer independence. It was formed in large measure as a result of a government crackdown on producers of raw milk, and the emergence of the...
by David Gumpert | Aug 19, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Stephen Leslie and team plow a field at Cedar Mountain Farm in Vermont. (Photo by Carla Kimball, http://revealedpresence.com/2009/08/25/farming-with-horses/)Before they came to eastern Vermont ten years ago and launched Cedar Mountain Farm, Kerry Gawalt and Stephen...
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