by David Gumpert | Oct 8, 2008 | Uncategorized |
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...
by David Gumpert | Oct 7, 2008 | Uncategorized |
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...
by David Gumpert | Oct 4, 2008 | Uncategorized |
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...
by David Gumpert | Oct 1, 2008 | Uncategorized |
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...
by David Gumpert | Sep 28, 2008 | Uncategorized |
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...
by David Gumpert | Sep 26, 2008 | Uncategorized |
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...
by David Gumpert | Sep 22, 2008 | Uncategorized |
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...
by David Gumpert | Sep 19, 2008 | Uncategorized |
One thing you have to say about the state agriculture officials in New York, Pennsylvania, and California. At least theyre consistent. When they claim to find pathogens in samples of raw milk and no one gets sick, they force a recall or shut down raw milk production...
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