by David Gumpert | Jul 17, 2008 | Uncategorized |
As long as we’re on the subject of natural feeding, you’d think something as simple as “pasture fed” would be easy to define, and pretty straightforward to carry out. But when everything related to food and agriculture needs to be sized,...
by David Gumpert | Jul 14, 2008 | Uncategorized |
The discussion on my previous post about registering nursing moms and pasteurizing mother’s milk may not be as far fetched as they sound. The agriculture regulators in places like New York, Pennsylvania, and California have been stung by the court actions and...
by David Gumpert | Jul 10, 2008 | Uncategorized |
There’s a move afoot in New York state to allow raw milk to be sold via retail outlets. When I noted the possibility in a recent posting, I made mention of the fact that New York’s Department of Agriculture and Markets wants to ensure it keeps a tight rein...
by David Gumpert | Jul 8, 2008 | Uncategorized |
It’s an article of faith among consumer goods companies that the best way to create long-term customers is to get them while they are children. Companies from McDonald’s to Apple Computer to Coca Cola have long followed this dictum, with great success. The...
by David Gumpert | Jul 5, 2008 | Uncategorized |
So, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s tomato investigators are back to square one, it seems. Nearly 900 people have become ill, and the investigators are even suggesting the cause may not be tomatoes at all. How about if the agency simply admitted,...
by David Gumpert | Jul 1, 2008 | Uncategorized |
There’s a lot of legislative and regulatory activity going on around the country concerning raw milk. There’s the California situation, which has occupied a lot of attention here. In addition, there are legislative initiatives either just completed, in...
by David Gumpert | Jun 29, 2008 | Uncategorized |
It’s looking ever more likely that SB 201 will make its way through the California legislature and be signed by the governor—probably within the next month or two. I know I should be exulting, along with Mark McAfee and California’s raw milk...
by David Gumpert | Jun 27, 2008 | Uncategorized |
At the California Assembly’s Health Committee hearing Tuesday, several legislators allowed as how their offices had been inundated with calls on SB 201. The legislators didn’t say it, but presumably there were few or no calls against the proposed...
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