by David Gumpert | Nov 9, 2008 | Uncategorized |
I’ve been at the Weston A. Price Foundation annual conference the last couple days, and yesterday participated on a panel about the legal issues around the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) and raw milk (more on the latter in an upcoming post). One of...
by David Gumpert | Nov 5, 2008 | Uncategorized |
No matter what your political persuasion, it was hard not to be moved by watching Barack Obama give his victory speech last evening in Chicago. So many Americans have one or another bad memory about racial relations in the U.S., be it personal or via the media, that...
by David Gumpert | Nov 5, 2008 | Uncategorized |
The notion of a private club of raw-foods consumers outside the purview of health and agriculture officials’ clutches doesn’t cut it with law enforcement officials. In following up on my previous post, I spoke with an assistant state’s attorney for...
by David Gumpert | Nov 4, 2008 | Uncategorized |
Some well meaning opponents of raw milk have argued on this blog that the seemingly endless legal problems swirling around raw milk could be easily resolved if consumers would only switch to other probiotic products that have the same benefits—things like raw...
by David Gumpert | Nov 3, 2008 | Uncategorized |
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...
by David Gumpert | Oct 31, 2008 | Uncategorized |
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...
by David Gumpert | Oct 28, 2008 | Uncategorized |
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...
by David Gumpert | Oct 25, 2008 | Uncategorized |
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...
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