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...
by David Gumpert | Aug 9, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Well, another day, another media raw milk story. And this one in, of all places, the newspaper that reminds us daily that it publishes “All the news that’s fit to print.” It’s a lengthy article in the New York Times headlined, “Should...
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