by David Gumpert | Feb 25, 2008 | Uncategorized |
Perhaps it’s apropos that, at this time when our right to access the food of our choice is under frontal attack in New York and California, Ralph Nader should declare himself a candidate for president. This is the same Ralph Nader whose Public Citizen’s...
by David Gumpert | Feb 23, 2008 | Uncategorized |
One of the benefits to emerge from the trauma of the Michigan “sting” of October 2006–when Richard Hebron was stopped, his raw-milk products confiscated, and his home searched–was an activist community of raw-milk consumers. Hundreds wrote the...
by David Gumpert | Feb 21, 2008 | Uncategorized |
I’m glad to learn that many of you want to know the details of the proceedings in the raw-milk legal cases, because those details are becoming more intriguing literally by the day. That “slam dunk” Bob Hayles is looking for? Well, I think...
by David Gumpert | Feb 20, 2008 | Uncategorized |
The legal confrontation initiated by New York’s Department of Agriculture and Markets against Barb and Steve Smith is turning into more of a lengthy chess match by the day. Part of me hesitates to provide as much detail as I’ve provided—sorting...
by David Gumpert | Feb 18, 2008 | Uncategorized |
The more I think about it, especially in light of the comments on my previous post, the more I think New York’s latest move, to have Barb and Steve Smith held in contempt of court, reflects nervousness by the bureaucrats. It’s when bureaucrats (like people...
by David Gumpert | Feb 16, 2008 | Uncategorized |
I was speaking recently with Greg Niewendorp, the Michigan farmer who engaged in civil disobedience last year by refusing to have his cows tested for bovine tuberculosis. (Search under his name for past posts and discussions about his confrontation with law...
by David Gumpert | Feb 15, 2008 | Uncategorized |
New York state continues to tighten the screws on Barb and Steve Smith, the operators of Meadowsweet Dairy in Lodi. Over what? Over their decision to establish a herd share organized as a limited liability company, and make raw milk dairy products available...
by David Gumpert | Feb 14, 2008 | Uncategorized |
Last Sunday’s Boston Globe Magazine contained a very disturbing article—in both print and pictures—about a pregnant woman who went to a suburban hospital to give birth, and wound up with a terrible infection. To me, it relates directly to the...
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