by David Gumpert | Aug 17, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Like many Americans, I watched with amazement, and a sense of shame, the videos earlier this week about the thousands of people drawn to free health care services in the Los Angeles area (provided by Remote Area Medical).So great was the demand that even after...
by David Gumpert | Aug 14, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Ray Robinson milks his cows at the family dairy in Hardwick, MA, last Saturday.You have to wonder… Pam and Ray Robinson run a small dairy farm with 35 cows in central Massachusetts, where they sell some of their milk raw directly to consumers. Earlier this...
by David Gumpert | Aug 11, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Michael and Anita Puckett, owners of Dee Creek, after a federal judge refused to impose a plea agreement last September.At the raw milk symposium sponsored by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) last month, I argued in my presentation that all the fuss...
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...
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