by David Gumpert | Oct 12, 2007 | Uncategorized |
The Michigan Department of Agriculture inspectors were back at Greg Niewendorp’s Michigan farm this morning to gauge the results of their test for bovine tuberculosis administered Monday, and he says they found two cattle that had positive responses. Two calves...
by David Gumpert | Oct 11, 2007 | Uncategorized |
The issues around Greg Niewendorp’s resistance aren’t easy to communicate to folks at large. You find this out when you are quizzed by someone who’s not had regular involvement. I spoke a couple days ago with a local reporter covering Greg...
by David Gumpert | Oct 10, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I was a little worried about not being able to contact Greg Niewendorp. But then I saw that he has issued a statement (see the comments on my previous post), and I felt better. Usually when a protester like Greg has to issue a statement, it’s because there is so...
by David Gumpert | Oct 9, 2007 | Uncategorized |
The Michigan Department of Agriculture at long last force-tested and tagged Greg Niewendorp’s twenty head of cattle today. About twenty supporters and six media representatives were in attendance, Charlevoix County Sheriff George Lasater told me late this...
by David Gumpert | Oct 8, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Greg Niewendorp says he’s been told to expect the county sheriff, George Laseter, to serve him tomorrow (Monday) with a warrant allowing the Michigan department of agriculture to test his cattle for bovine tuberculosis.Niewendorp, who has refused until now to...
by David Gumpert | Oct 5, 2007 | Uncategorized |
We’re coming on the one-year anniversary of the sting operation against Richard Hebron and the Family Farms Cooperative, and I thought it would be appropriate to consider how things have changed over the past year. That event was a watershed event in...
by David Gumpert | Oct 5, 2007 | Uncategorized |
The comments on my Tuesday posting (at least, the ones I didn’t delete; more on that below) had me recalling a conversation I had with the owner of a large family-run farm stand outside Boston that has evolved into a large fruit and vegetable market. He recalled...
by David Gumpert | Oct 4, 2007 | Uncategorized |
For nearly ten years, Barbara Smith held a New York state permit to sell raw milk. But because her Meadowsweet Farm is located a half hour drive from the nearest substantial town, Ithaca, and New York regulations require each customer to come to the farm for milk, she...
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