by David Gumpert | Aug 18, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I’ve long been of two minds on the illnesses involving the Martin and Herzog children, which their parents attribute to raw milk. On the one hand, I appreciate the suffering they and their families went through—I think anyone who has children can...
by David Gumpert | Aug 17, 2007 | Uncategorized |
The host of a Washington, DC, NPR program, Kojo Nnamdi, had a great idea for a recent show: he’d have a debate between pro and anti raw milk experts. So he invited representatives from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to join with Sally Fallon of the Weston...
by David Gumpert | Aug 16, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I guess the ayes have it with regard to Joel Salatin’s fee-for-tour approach. Ecologically oriented farmers are in business to do good, but also to make money, is what I hear. I actually believe there is a larger question growing out of this discussion, which is...
by David Gumpert | Aug 15, 2007 | Uncategorized |
When I was in Virginia in June, in advance of speaking at the Virginia Independent Consumers and Farmers Association (VICFA) meeting, I met a couple of local farmers who were eager to tell me about Joel Salatin’s practice of charging for farm tours and holding...
by David Gumpert | Aug 14, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I had to laugh as I read a front-page article in yesterday’s New York Times about cage-free eggs—one of today’s hot food products. So many food and restaurant businesses, including fast-food places, are stumbling over themselves to promote their use...
by David Gumpert | Aug 12, 2007 | Uncategorized |
What especially excites me about covering food and nutrition issues are the many signs that major shifts, of a positive sort, are underway in food production and distribution. Even the government harassment of raw milk producers, notwithstanding their individual...
by David Gumpert | Aug 11, 2007 | Uncategorized |
The latest battle in the raw milk wars broke out today in south-central Pennsylvania. A group of ten state police and agents from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) descended on the 100-acre...
by David Gumpert | Aug 10, 2007 | Uncategorized |
What especially bothers me about the New York Times article I discussed yesterday is that I know the wording was no accident. I can point out how unprofessional the Podunk Post is in printing news releases from a state agriculture department without seeking comment...
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