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At OPDC and Claravale, Its the Drip, Drip, Drip of CA Raw Milk TortureThe Destructiveness of Degrades

by David Gumpert | Oct 12, 2008 | Uncategorized | 18 comments

Youve heard of Chinese water torture. Interrogators determined to obtain cooperation from a prisoner subject him or her to the drip, drip, drip of water on the foreheaduntil it drives the prisoner crazy. Thats sort of whats been happening to Organic Pastures Dairy Co....

Outsourcing Our Dairy Industry to China: Dont Laugh, The Joke May Be On Us

by David Gumpert | Oct 8, 2008 | Uncategorized | 48 comments

Of all the crazy twists and turns in the dairy arenaand there have certainly been mmany over the last few yearsthe idea of importing milk from China to the U.S. would seem to be one of the craziest. I actually use that idea as a throwaway line in an article I just...

A Tale of Two Dairies, Two Kinds of Food Conversations, and the Taste of Milk

by David Gumpert | Oct 7, 2008 | Uncategorized | 10 comments

Here’s one kind of conversation about milk between a consumer and producer: Hi Terri, Did you notice the milk has been tasting different the last few weeks? It has an almost “grassy” flavor & it even smells different. Has there been a substantial...

It Sure Would Be Nice to Have Public Discussions About Raw Milk, But You Do Need Someone to Discuss With

by David Gumpert | Oct 4, 2008 | Uncategorized | 26 comments

  One of the vivid memories I have of Mark Nolts trial last May in Pennsylvania for selling raw dairy products without a license was of a scene that took place outside the courtroom early in the morning, before the trial got under way. As protesters in a parking...

CDFA Gets Its Way As Governor Vetoes SB201Look for Wardens to Come Down Hard on the Inmates

by David Gumpert | Oct 1, 2008 | Uncategorized | 21 comments

Mark McAfee knew the political vibes had turned bad four or five days ago. Thats when inspectors from the California Department of Food and Agriculture began coming down hard on his Organic Pastures Dairy Co. They said a window in a bathroom of our mobile milk barn...

Toxic Loans and Toxic FoodThe Regulators Sure Have a Funny Way of Making Us Feel Warm and Cuddly

by David Gumpert | Sep 28, 2008 | Uncategorized | 33 comments

Ive been trying real hard to understand the causes of the current financial crisis. I even watched former president Bill Clinton explain it on the David Letterman Show, but despite Clintons efforts to simplify, my reaction was similar to Lettermans: It makes my head...

A Raw Milk Stand on Every Corner? Why Pressure Is Building on Herdshares

by David Gumpert | Sep 26, 2008 | Uncategorized | 11 comments

Yesterday I was in New Hampshire, running a few errands, one of which was to pick up a new supply of fresh milk. The farm I buy it from is on a little-traveled side road, so I was more than a bit surprised to pull up and see, across the road, a brand new enclosed...

All the Kings Horses and All the Kings Men: When We Build Complex Structures Based on Faulty Premises

by David Gumpert | Sep 22, 2008 | Uncategorized | 27 comments

A number of people correctly point out the circular nature of the arguments about raw milk and pathogens that keep coming up–most recently in my previous post. It feels, sometimes, as if we get stuck in a netherworld where were not sure what is sick and what is...
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