by David Gumpert | Feb 5, 2008 | Uncategorized |
Okay, I’m back to reality. Not sure where all that Mitt Romney stuff came from—dreams are funny that way. Maybe because he was a skillful venture capitalist in his day (and made all the millions he’s now throwing into the presidential race), I had...
by David Gumpert | Feb 4, 2008 | Uncategorized |
I had a dream last night that I was trying to explain raw milk to, of all people. Mitt Romney. Somehow I was giving him a ride somewhere, or giving him directions (talk about a guy who needs direction!) to get to a campaign appearance. (The photo at left is of a...
by David Gumpert | Feb 2, 2008 | Uncategorized |
The discussion on my previous post got me wondering: how is it that we seem to be losing the right to eat what we want? Steve Bemis alludes to Sinclair Lewis and his expose on the meat slaughterhouses. That led fair-minded Americans to demand government involvement,...
by David Gumpert | Jan 31, 2008 | Uncategorized |
I’m glad to see Mark McAfee so upbeat. “The power resides with the people,” he says in his comment on my previous post. “By April new legislation will be introduced and the Blue Ribbon Commission will have made its recommendations. We will have...
by David Gumpert | Jan 30, 2008 | Uncategorized |
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...
by David Gumpert | Jan 28, 2008 | Uncategorized |
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...
by David Gumpert | Jan 26, 2008 | Uncategorized |
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...
by David Gumpert | Jan 24, 2008 | Uncategorized |
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...
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