by David Gumpert | Mar 27, 2008 | Uncategorized |
The crackdown by state and federal authorities on raw-milk dairies, and the generally inhospitable environment for sustainable agriculture, is assuming a new sense of irony as global shortages of food commodities take hold. For all those who’ve been worrying...
by David Gumpert | Mar 25, 2008 | Uncategorized |
If you look through the web site of the Centers for Disease Control for statistics on the number of food-borne illness occurring each year, you find different numbers—6 million, 14 million, 76 million. I was trying to pin the number down in connection with an...
by David Gumpert | Mar 22, 2008 | Uncategorized |
Last September 20, I posted an item that seemed humorous at the time, about Mark McAfee’s encounter with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over the issuance of a press release concerning the recall of Organic Pastures Dairy Co. cream contaminated with...
by David Gumpert | Mar 21, 2008 | Uncategorized |
Mark McAfee had just a few hours to celebrate yesterday’s issuance of a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of AB 1735–what he called “a big win for California raw milk and producers”—before he learned about the next phase of...
by David Gumpert | Mar 20, 2008 | Uncategorized |
Like a fighter down for the count who gets back on his feet at the last moment, and then stuns spectators by knocking the opponent back on his heels, the team of Organic Pastures Dairy Co. and Claravale Farm scored a big win in a California courtroom today. Superior...
by David Gumpert | Mar 17, 2008 | Uncategorized |
What does the medical establishment have in common with the political establishment? Both have discovered that, in terms of self preservation, it’s preferable to sicken us slowly rather than quickly. I am reminded of that reality by a new article about raw milk...
by David Gumpert | Mar 16, 2008 | Uncategorized |
I kind of expected Mark McAfee might have something to say in response to the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s suggestion, reported in my previous post, that he might be committing a felony because he didn’t file for a renewal of his...
by David Gumpert | Mar 14, 2008 | Uncategorized |
The request by California’s two raw milk producers for a temporary restraining order, originally scheduled to be heard by a state court on Wednesday, has been put off for at least until next Wednesday (2 p.m. Pacific time). It seems the state attorney...
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