by David Gumpert | Sep 20, 2007 | Uncategorized |
One of the real positive things legislatures can do is gather together representatives of opposing sides of an issue to openly discuss it via hearings. This kind of discussion can help clarify the points of disagreement, and agreement, and help in education. In...
by David Gumpert | Sep 19, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Every time I look for news about raw milk, it seems as if I come across something about Stump Acres, a large raw-milk dairy in southeastern Pennsylvania. There have been several news stories, a Food and Drug Administration release, and one or more releases from...
by David Gumpert | Sep 17, 2007 | Uncategorized |
The dozens of visitors to Oake Knoll Ayrshires’ farm in Foxboro, MA, a week ago Sunday had many questions for Terri Lawton, the manager of its raw milk business. They wanted to know about the impact of grass, hay, and other feed on the cows’ milk output;...
by David Gumpert | Sep 17, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Thanks to Lori McGrath and Steve Bemis for putting into perspective (in comments on my previous post) the basic desire by many owners of small farms to produce wholesome foods. It’s all so basic. Lori explains it as "a need." I interpret...
by David Gumpert | Sep 15, 2007 | Uncategorized |
During the 1990s, when I was involved in running two businesses, I hired several dozen employees, and got on well with most of them. I had to fire a few—one of the most traumatic things I’ll ever do—and tried to be as sensitive as I could in...
by David Gumpert | Sep 14, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Brit says (following my Sept. 11 post) that she and her husband had the flu the other weekend, based on their symptoms. Melissa in her comments following the same post suggests they had listeriosis from the Organic Pastures cream that was recalled, based on the timing...
by David Gumpert | Sep 13, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Now that Mark McAfee entered the debate with Mary McGonigle-Martin and Melissa Herzog, I have this feeling of being ringside at a prizefight. I have been at two boxing matches in my life—both in my role as a newspaper reporter—and while I was transfixed...
by David Gumpert | Sep 12, 2007 | Uncategorized |
It seems like lots of people have lots of bones to pick with Mark McAfee, owner of Organic Pastures Dairy Co. He’s accused in the discussion following my Sunday posting of changing his story about whether he tests for pathogens, of letting his dairy get too big...
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