by David Gumpert | Nov 17, 2007 | Uncategorized |
On two acres in Rosanky, Texas, just outside of Austin, Debbie and Red Ferrell milk 30 goats to produce their fresh Maid in the Shade cheese. They’ve been at it for two-and-a-half years, and the $300 to $500 they bring in each week is an essential supplement to...
by David Gumpert | Nov 16, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I found myself wondering, as I was writing about Georgia dairy farmer Bob Hayles yesterday: Where is this all going? Are the farmers like Greg Niewendorp, Mark Nolt, and now Bob Hayles tilting at windmills? Is Mark McAfee doomed to be run out of business? Or are they...
by David Gumpert | Nov 15, 2007 | Uncategorized |
When Georgia’s Department of Agriculture held its hearing a couple weeks ago on a proposal to require that all raw milk be dyed charcoal, raw-goat-milk producer Bob Hayles was the first to stand up and speak out against the regulation. Dozens of others followed...
by David Gumpert | Nov 13, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Experienced meditation leaders often speak reverentially about teachers they’ve studied with in South Korea, Thailand, or Burma. I’ve often thought that it would be neat to be so serious about meditation that I would have a personal teacher to guide...
by David Gumpert | Nov 12, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I find myself experiencing wide mood swings about California’s legislative assault on raw milk. At times, I feel total outrage. It’s as if an accused sex offender of children has more rights than a California raw milk drinker. An accused sex offender...
by David Gumpert | Nov 10, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Mark McAfee is preparing to move on to “Plan B”—the legal phase to block California’s campaign to get rid of raw milk. That will most likely involve a suit sometime in the next few weeks to obtain an injunction against enforcement of AB 1735....
by David Gumpert | Nov 9, 2007 | Uncategorized |
California’s campaign to rid the state of raw milk via AB 1735 smells worse than a gallon of sour pasteurized milk. A number of readers wonder: who is the culprit? Implicit in the question is the hope that maybe we can find that one person, and somehow get them...
by David Gumpert | Nov 7, 2007 | Uncategorized |
It’s not been an easy year for Ronald Garthwaite, the owner of Claravale Farm, California’s “other” producer of raw milk, with about 50 cows and five per cent of the market after Organic Pastures. Last June, he had to sell his Santa Cruz...
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