by David Gumpert | Oct 27, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I hate to cast the assault on Organic Pastures Dairy Co. and nutritional rights in California in terms of warfare. But what else can you do? You have to assume that the authorities did advance planning about their decision to go after the largest seller of raw milk,...
by David Gumpert | Oct 26, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Like others, I’m glad to learn that Anna and her home survived the California conflagration. (See her tale in a comment following my recent posting about Steve Atkinson.) It’s interesting that she mentions taking her raw milk and butter along with...
by David Gumpert | Oct 25, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I have this sneaking suspicion that the more successful a farmer becomes in the raw milk market, the more likely he or she is to be targeted by regulatory authorities. I’ve written about many of these cases. Richard Hebron and David...
by David Gumpert | Oct 23, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Last seek, Steve Atkinson, owner of Greenwood Farms in Newburg, MO, received a letter from the Missouri State Milk Board. It stated, he says, that “it was illegal to sell raw milk” from his four cows without a permit, as he had been doing for a few years,...
by David Gumpert | Oct 22, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I know I’m one of the few people on this blog who hasn’t been reading Gary Taubes’ book, “Good Calories, Bad Calories”. But I’ve been busy reading something else over the last few days: the U.S. Constitution. (I actually did just...
by David Gumpert | Oct 20, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I hate going to the airport. Not so much because of the crowds or the delayed flights. I hate going through the security inspections. I hate having to get nearly undressed and then worry about whether my cell phone or computer will get stolen at the other end of the...
by David Gumpert | Oct 19, 2007 | Uncategorized |
There’s a scene that gets played out many times each day overseas. It’s one I know well, because I’ve played it out a few times. You’re an American out in the countryside in a foreign country and you’re trying to find some location or...
by David Gumpert | Oct 18, 2007 | Uncategorized |
A new study about antibiotic-resistant infections, known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, is getting a lot of media play. The media seem captivated by the gee-whiz that this disease now causes more deaths in the U.S. than AIDS (18,000-plus...
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