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The Strange Case of a CA Goat Farmer’s Arrest and Jailing: Sharon Palmer Tries to Figure Out What She Did Wrong

by David Gumpert | Jan 9, 2009 | Uncategorized | 14 comments

Copyright Fillmore GazetteOn the morning of December 18, a week before Christmas, a woman showed up at Sharon Palmer’s Healthy Family Farms in Santa Paula, CA, wanting to purchase some goat cheese—for an upcoming holiday party, she said. What happened next...

Is the Debate Over Raw Milk Doomed to Remain Stuck in the Quicksand of Ideology? Confronting Marler Over Local Food

by David Gumpert | Jan 7, 2009 | Uncategorized | 32 comments

Sylvia Gibson poses a recurring question following my previous post: Why is it that our regulators and legislators come down so hard in following up on illnesses from raw milk, but do nothing when people become sick and even die from other foods like cold cuts,...

The Heavy-Handed Approach to Raw Milk Regulation: Northeasts Supply May Be Seriously Dented by CT Moves

by David Gumpert | Jan 5, 2009 | Uncategorized | 20 comments

There is a provocative debate-discussion going on following my Dec. 29 post about Regulator (who seems to have thrown his/her grenade, and departed to watch the explosions). The discussion, I think, is about the nature of warning labels and signs that raw milk might...

Milk, Milk, Everywhere, But Not Enough of the Real StuffWhy Theres No Going Back

by David Gumpert | Jan 3, 2009 | Uncategorized | 18 comments

It’s always tempting at the start of a New Year to attempt predictions about upcoming news and trends. In the arena of raw milk, one thing I can say with a good deal of confidence is that 2009 will almost certainly be a dynamic year. The subject has attracted a...

Might Young Children Wind Up with an Abusive Father Because the Mother Gives Them Raw Milk?

by David Gumpert | Jan 1, 2009 | Uncategorized | 15 comments

Here’s a holiday story to warm the heart. A Michigan mother of three children, the youngest of whom is only six months, is going through a very messy divorce proceeding with a husband who allegedly physically abused her before she moved out. While they share...

Is Regulator Alerting Us to Real Raw Milk Issues, or Excuses? Either Way, the Facts May Point Us in a Positive Direction

by David Gumpert | Dec 30, 2008 | Uncategorized | 52 comments

I want to thank Regulator…first, for risking him/herself on this blog, where regulator types haven’t always been well received and, second, for providing an articulate explanation of the challenges likely to confront farmers and other distributors of raw...

Another Look at Mark McAfees Talk of Guns and ViolenceMaybe Bill Marler Needs a Refresher on the Constitution

by David Gumpert | Dec 27, 2008 | Uncategorized | 25 comments

The wait is over. The Haphazard Gourmet has named the winner of its raw milk slogan contest, a contest that actually grew out of a comment by Mark McAfee on this site about the “Viagra effect” of raw milk. I commend the Haphazard Gourmet for its good humor...

Why a Research Report on Raw Milk Is Really a Political Document Masquerading As a Scientific Paper

by David Gumpert | Dec 23, 2008 | Uncategorized | 20 comments

I’ve found myself thinking about a couple of 17th and 18th century political philosophers whose writings I read during college days: John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (“The Social Contract”). I couldn’t fully appreciate them at the time, but...
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