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...
by David Gumpert | May 24, 2009 | Uncategorized |
A little over a year ago, California Sen. Dean Florez showed himself to be an astute student of the controversy over raw milk when he single-handedly directed a six-hour hearing to consider approaches to altering AB 1735’s coliform standard. The hearing, during...
by David Gumpert | May 22, 2009 | Uncategorized |
It’s been two days since Lykke posed that intriguing question following my previous post: “If one of you drank raw milk from a rabid cow, would you opt for the treatment?” I’ve been trying to draw some conclusions from the many answers, and am...
by David Gumpert | May 18, 2009 | Uncategorized |
The very word “rabies” arouses strong feelings in most of us. I can remember as a child being told that if I got bitten by a squirrel or stray dog, I’d have to endure a series of painful shots. Otherwise, I’d risk an agonizing death that would...
by David Gumpert | May 16, 2009 | Uncategorized |
The agriculture regulators who work so hard to prevent us from obtaining raw milk, or try insanely to register every chicken, goat, and horse in the country, like to think they hold the power to make us follow whatever crazy rules they come up with. To a certain...
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