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Is the Solution to the Raw Milk Wars Perhaps to Figure Out a Legal Way to Separate the Combatants?

by David Gumpert | Nov 3, 2008 | Uncategorized | 9 comments

For most of my day-to-day life, conventional and alternative health experiences proceed on parallel tracks. I visit a primary care physician or dermatologist to deal with certain health issues. I visit an acupuncturist and nutritionist to deal with other health...

Sometimes the Regulator Abuses Are So Flagrant, a Judge Cant Help But Act: Ohio Court Comes Down Hard on ODAs Actions Against Two Raw-Milk Farmers

by David Gumpert | Oct 31, 2008 | Uncategorized | 16 comments

When history records the events of the current war on raw milk, that compendium may well identify February 14, 2006, as the day the opening salvos were fired, on two small farms in Ohio. For it was on that day, a special Valentine’s Day, that an inspector of the...

Is True Give and Take Possible When You’re Accustomed to Giving Orders?

by David Gumpert | Oct 28, 2008 | Uncategorized | 18 comments

I received an email shortly after my previous post went up, from a state regulator who occasionally writes me with comments. I can’t identify this person, since the few email exchanges we have had have been on a confidential basis, but here’s an excerpt of...

Out of the Ashes: Can Michigan Turn a Raw Milk Fiasco Into a Model for Tolerance and Compromise?

by David Gumpert | Oct 25, 2008 | Uncategorized | 16 comments

Back in October 2006, the Michigan Department of Agriculture launched a “sting” operation against farmer Richard Hebron, seizing thousands of dollars worth of raw dairy products destined for delivery to members of a herdshare in Ann Arbor. That well...

Why Not Use a Public Health Report on Raw Milk to Learn, Rather Than Mislead and Scare?

by David Gumpert | Oct 22, 2008 | Uncategorized | 6 comments

Part of me hesitates to report this–another story about illness from a raw milk dairy, this one in California. It’s not because I don’t think people should know about such situations, it’s just that I’m put off by the supposed...

A Blogger’s Reflections; Do Iceland’s Looming Food Shortages Offer Us a Peek Into Our Own Future?

by David Gumpert | Oct 19, 2008 | Uncategorized | 12 comments

I don’t suppose it’s much of a revelation for me to acknowledge that blogging is a learn-as-you-go routine for me. I’m gratified that many individuals have found useful information and conversation here. It’s especially gratifying to know that...

When It Comes to Raw Milk, Its Easy to Demonize the Enemy, But Where Does That Lead?

by David Gumpert | Oct 15, 2008 | Uncategorized | 20 comments

One of the things that continues to impress me about this blog is how especially emotional the discussions become when the subject turns to food safety and pathogens. Sometimes the conversations degenerate into name-calling, which seems to have become an unfortunate...

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....
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