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Food Poison Lawyer Suggests He Might Sue WAPF, As Fireworks Start Early in Raw Milk Symposium

by David Gumpert | Jul 10, 2009 | Uncategorized | 28 comments

I thought this symposium on raw milk Sunday sponsored by the American Veterinary Medical Association (described in my previous post) would be a tame affair. But food poison lawyer Bill Marler has signaled he’s coming with machine guns blazing. He posted his...

What Came First, the Egg or the Raw Milk? Your Blogger Prepares for Raw Milk Symposium; Help on Research

by David Gumpert | Jul 9, 2009 | Uncategorized | 6 comments

When I saw the headline Tuesday on a news site that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration implemented new rules about eggs, I prepared myself to be outraged. Would they now be requiring pasteurization of eggs? Irradiation? Lo and behold, the new rules seem rational,...

Dairy Farmers Lament: Herdshare Owners Have Nothing to Lose, and I Have Everything to Lose

by David Gumpert | Jul 6, 2009 | Uncategorized | 25 comments

Pete Kennedy, president of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, addresses a committee meeting of the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments last April.It’s only appropriate that the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund was founded on Independence...

A July 4 Message About Rights: Its Easy to Talk About Freedom, Making Things Happen Is More Difficult

by David Gumpert | Jul 3, 2009 | Uncategorized | 19 comments

Why do I have this uneasy feeling of being a participant in “Survivor”, and that I’m about to be voted off the island? Seriously, it’s curious how a discussion about raw milk research priorities turns into a rap about freedom and rights. I...

For Better or for Worse, Were All Going to Have to Let Go of Sacred Cows If Theres Going to Be Progress on Raw Milk

by David Gumpert | Jul 1, 2009 | Uncategorized | 23 comments

I’m one of these people who believe that seemingly intractable divisions can be resolved by people with good intentions. In other words, when both sides of a political issue truly want a resolution, then they make it happen through compromise. We’ve seen...

Chip, Chip, ChipThe More Small Studies We Get Supporting Raw Milk, the Sooner Well Put the Lies to Pasture

by David Gumpert | Jun 28, 2009 | Uncategorized | 40 comments

The more data there is suggesting that raw milk is not only safe, but also healthy and popular, the more difficult it is for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control, and the various professional medical associations to argue otherwise....

A New Survey Helps Us Understand Why Raw Milk Is the New Go-To Product for More Dairies

by David Gumpert | Jun 24, 2009 | Uncategorized | 21 comments

Raw milk for sale on a central Massachusetts farm.In our debates about the economic impact of raw dairies, we’ve had to speculate, use our personal experiences. There’s been a lot of that going on over the last few days, along with intense debate over...

How Now Brown Cow–Fast-Growing Demand Drives Raw Milk Prices to Lofty Levels; Fights in the Supermarket Aisle

by David Gumpert | Jun 20, 2009 | Uncategorized | 41 comments

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...
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