by David Gumpert | Jun 20, 2009 | Uncategorized |
There’s an interesting survey going on from the Raw Dairy listserve about how much people are paying for raw milk. When I filled it out last evening, here were the results, based on 39 responses: Some 70% were paying over $6 a gallon, and 30% were paying over...
by David Gumpert | Jun 17, 2009 | Uncategorized |
I’ve run a few companies over the years, and one lesson I’ve learned well is that most employees want to do a good job, do the best they can. Indeed, I’ve come to believe this about people in general, whether they work for private companies or the...
by David Gumpert | Jun 12, 2009 | Uncategorized |
I keep trying to figure out what’s really going on with New York’s Department of Agriculture and Markets, and I’m having trouble. A few people have written me to suggest possible motivations. A couple have suggested that the regulators in New York...
by David Gumpert | Jun 9, 2009 | Uncategorized |
We all know the story of the shepherd boy who found entertainment in telling villagers his flock of sheep was being attacked by a wolf. The first time the boy sought help, the villagers came running, only to find the boy was joking. The same thing happened a second...
by David Gumpert | Jun 7, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Chuck Phippen seems to have received an answer from New York’s Department of Agriculture and Markets over his challenge to the agency’s approach to dealing with listeria in raw milk. I reported in February about Chuck and his campaign to convince Ag &...
by David Gumpert | Jun 5, 2009 | Uncategorized |
It’s a funny thing about this country. Sometimes the most seemingly intractable rights and ethical dilemmas have a way of being trumped by economics. It was actually a boycott by blacks in 1955 of the public bus system in Montgomery, AL, that accelerated the...
by David Gumpert | Jun 3, 2009 | Uncategorized |
I get asked any number of times by nutrition-conscious people about the difference between raw milk and organic milk. Of course, the explanation gets fairly involved, since I first need to point out that raw milk may or may not be organic. Also, what people refer to...
by David Gumpert | May 31, 2009 | Uncategorized |
I attended a screening in Cambridge Thursday evening of the new documentary, “Fresh”, on the changing face of American agriculture. As I watched, I kept thinking about, “the man”—the proverbial unseen hand of government and big...
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