by David Gumpert | Mar 11, 2008 | Uncategorized |
We on this blog should be candidates for the jury in the suits by the two mothers against Organic Pastures. Actually, we’d probably all be disqualified for knowing too much and having strong opinions. I’ve been critical of Mark McAfee’s handling of...
by David Gumpert | Mar 10, 2008 | Uncategorized |
I know Mark McAfee has a pretty full legal plate, but I wonder if he might have cause for a libel action against the San Jose Mercury News for its article about how Organic Pastures Dairy Co. has been forced to suspend sales of raw cream. As I recall it from my...
by David Gumpert | Mar 7, 2008 | Uncategorized |
The California raw milk situation is on the verge of becoming as dire as the state’s two producers predicted it would since they learned about AB1735 at the end of last year. Now the stage is set—Wednesday afternoon, 1:30 p.m., in California’s San...
by David Gumpert | Mar 6, 2008 | Uncategorized |
One of the amazing things to me about the crackdown by New York’s Department of Agriculture and Markets has been the near-absence of concern or outrage expressed by state legislators or the media. For legislators, I can only assume they don’t know about...
by David Gumpert | Mar 5, 2008 | Uncategorized |
In the context of what’s been going on here, I know I’m a little off topic. But maybe a little change of pace is in order… A couple years ago, I attended a one-day meditation retreat at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center. After several hours of...
by David Gumpert | Mar 3, 2008 | Uncategorized |
Is the argument over raw milk one of rights or one of safety? Many here want it to be over rights. But then the best approach would be too obvious. How can a society that goes ballistic over infringing on one’s right to have guns object to one’s right to...
by David Gumpert | Mar 1, 2008 | Uncategorized |
I wish the debate that’s been going on here about the risks associated with raw milk might have taken place yesterday, in the Albany, NY, courtroom where a hearing was held over whether Barb and Steve Smith should be held in contempt of court. Instead, the...
by David Gumpert | Feb 28, 2008 | Uncategorized |
It’s interesting that so many discussions here about the benefits of raw milk seem eventually to revert to the emotionally-laden matter of safety, to the argument that raw milk is somehow a special class of food that is inherently unsafe. It happens again...
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