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Feeling Safer? CDFA on the Prowl for Coliforms–OP Fails Its First Test By 18 Buggers

by David Gumpert | Jan 30, 2008 | Uncategorized | 8 comments

No one can accuse the fine public servants of California’s Department of Food and Agriculture of sitting on their hands, and letting raw milk coliforms threaten the health and safety of California consumers. No, we can all breathe a sigh of relief. The junior...

The White Coats Are Coming! Teaching Kids About the Raw Milk Mess

by David Gumpert | Jan 28, 2008 | Uncategorized | 1 comment

I keep thinking about Barb and Steve Smith, and how they took six of their children to the court hearing last week seeking a temporary injunction in their suit against New York’s Department of Food and Agriculture. They school their children at home. (Six live...

When the CA Raw Milk Dust ClearedSometimes, You Just Have to Tip Your Hat to the Opposition

by David Gumpert | Jan 26, 2008 | Uncategorized | 10 comments

Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t we back to where we were on the first of this month?  For all the hearings, and blistering legislator criticism of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and reassurances from this politician and that...

Hey Mark, You’re Aggravating Our Raw Milk Mood Swings! A New Move to Sabotage AB 1604

by David Gumpert | Jan 24, 2008 | Uncategorized | 24 comments

Six days ago, Mark McAfee of Organic Pastures proclaimed after the well-attended Sacramento hearing on AB 1604, “We all won!… Thanks to last minute ‘hallway negotiations,’ Assembly Bill AB 1604 passed with unanimous consent during Ag Assembly...

Meadowsweet Dairy’s Members Sweat Out a Judge’s Decision, and Prepare for the Long Haul

by David Gumpert | Jan 24, 2008 | Uncategorized | 1 comment

The vagaries of our legal system were on full display for Barbara and Steve Smith and members of Meadowsweet Dairy LLC yesterday afternoon at the Seneca County courthouse in tiny Waterloo, NY.  About 25 of their supporters were on hand—a good deal fewer...

Ron Schmid Tries Hard to See a Silver Lining in CA’s Raw-Milk Situation, And Can’t Come Up With Much

by David Gumpert | Jan 22, 2008 | Uncategorized | 6 comments

For author Ron Schmid, the recent problems in California regarding raw milk have a familiar ring to them. The consumer outrage. The hearings. The hope that public officials will relent and begin to listen to reason.  “This is old hat in California....

Update: After a Long Agency Hearing, Meadowsweet Dairy’s Case Goes to a State Court

by David Gumpert | Jan 20, 2008 | Uncategorized | 5 comments

The New York hearing over the legality of the Meadowsweet Dairy and its distribution of raw milk products to owners of its limited liability company seems to have been a knock-down affair, with no punches pulled.We won’t know for at least a month the outcome of...

In This Raw Milk Prizefight, the AB 1604 “Victory” May Be Just the First Round

by David Gumpert | Jan 19, 2008 | Uncategorized | 19 comments

Here are the facts in the California raw milk situation:  –Prior to January 1, 2008, consumers could buy all the raw milk they wanted, so long as the milk passed two categories of long-established tests for total bacteria and pathogens.   –As of...
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