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...
by David Gumpert | May 28, 2009 | Uncategorized |
For some years, Stephanie and Blake Alexandre were socially friendly with Mari and Peter Tardiff in northern California’s Del Norte County. The couples attended charity and other such events together. They were together at a party at the Tardiff’s home on...
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