by David Gumpert | Dec 26, 2007 | Uncategorized |
The future of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) is clarifying itself much more quickly than I ever could have imagined. One of the premises of the article I recently co-authored for The Nation about NAIS is that the identification program is...
by David Gumpert | Dec 23, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Barbara and Steve Smith had bad news and good news on the legal front in their suit against officials of New York’s Department of Agriculture and Markets yesterday. The bad news was that their lawyers were rejected in their effort to obtain a temporary...
by David Gumpert | Dec 22, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I’d like to horn in on the very interesting discussion going on concerning my previous post about the problems facing Barbara and Steve Smith, and add a few points: –There is legal precedent for what the Smiths are doing. There was a case in...
by David Gumpert | Dec 21, 2007 | Uncategorized |
The struggle of Barbara and Steve Smith of Meadowsweet Farm against the New York Department of Agriculture and Markets is beginning to resemble the battle of the Alamo. Every few days, it seems, the ag lackeys mount another assault against the revolutionaries,...
by David Gumpert | Dec 18, 2007 | Uncategorized |
One of the things that is especially striking to me about the comments on my previous post concerning the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) is how many things people find wrong with the program. They object to the excessive control of our lives it...
by David Gumpert | Dec 17, 2007 | Uncategorized |
One of the things that is especially troubling about the experience of the Smiths is that it isn’t the exception. Rather, it fits into a broader pattern of government abusiveness and sneakiness on the agriculture/food front. I make these observations from...
by David Gumpert | Dec 15, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Most government enforcers assume a low profile after they’re sued, at least for a while. Not New York’s Department of Agriculture and Markets. Within hours of being sued by Barbara and Steve Smith, and members of Meadowsweet Farm’s Limited Liability...
by David Gumpert | Dec 14, 2007 | Uncategorized |
As I read Mark McAfee’s comment on my most recent posting, I was reminded of Sylvia’s note earlier this week that her co-op was out of both Organic Pastures and Cloverdale Farm raw milk, and that there were limitations on sales in any event. A run on...
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