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...
by David Gumpert | Oct 17, 2007 | Uncategorized |
The double standard continues very much alive and well in the world of milk. The Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin organization, today announced two class action suits being filed against Aurora Dairy Corp. a $100 million outfit in Colorada, for all kinds of...
by David Gumpert | Oct 16, 2007 | Uncategorized |
One of the things I didn’t mention in my previous post concerning New York state’s shutdown of the Apple Farm’s unpasteurized juice sales is owner Munir Bahai’s solution to his state-created mess. He has rush-ordered an ultraviolet...
by David Gumpert | Oct 15, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I wanted to relax yesterday, get out into the crisp sunny air, be with the peak fall foliage of New Hampshire and Vermont. And I did, but somehow, the tenor of the last week—small farms facing hardship and regulatory pressures—seemed to intrude, in subtle...
by David Gumpert | Oct 13, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I really don’t understand what Marlys Miller is so upset about. Marlys is a writer for Pork magazine, which bills itself as “The Business Magazine of Professional Pork Producers”, and to her, Greg Niewendorp’s civil disobedience in refusing...
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