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...
by David Gumpert | Jan 24, 2008 | Uncategorized |
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...
by David Gumpert | Jan 22, 2008 | Uncategorized |
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....
by David Gumpert | Jan 20, 2008 | Uncategorized |
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...
by David Gumpert | Jan 19, 2008 | Uncategorized |
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...
by David Gumpert | Jan 17, 2008 | Uncategorized |
It was "a very exciting day" in Sacramento today, reports Mark McAfee, owner of California’s largest raw milk dairy. The California Assembly’s Agriculture Committee voted unanimously to support compromise legislation that will allow for a...
by David Gumpert | Jan 15, 2008 | Uncategorized |
Expect to hear a fair amount in the next few days and weeks about AB 1604. This is the legislation that will be considered in Wednesday’s hearing before the California Assembly’s Agriculture Committee—it provides for removing the...
by David Gumpert | Jan 13, 2008 | Uncategorized |
It’s a balance political candidates are up against all the time: How do you keep the troops’ spirits up over the course of a long struggle, especially when the chances of victory aren’t guaranteed? I think that’s the challenge Organic...
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