by David Gumpert | Apr 27, 2007 | Uncategorized |
As Linda Diane Feldt points out in her generous acknowledgment on my most recent post, Steve Bemis played a huge role in helping mediate a highly favorable settlement for Richard Hebron in his tussle with the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA). I didn’t do...
by David Gumpert | Apr 25, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Six months after launching an elaborate sting operation against Michigan farmer Richard Hebron while he delivered raw milk to cow-share owners in Ann Arbor, and a follow-on investigation that spanned at least three other states from Pennsylvania to Missouri, Michigan...
by David Gumpert | Apr 24, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Melissa’s ongoing upset about the safety of raw milk, based on her daughter’s illness, got me thinking…Suppose I raised my daughter on raw milk, organic produce, grass-fed beef, and other natural products—and assiduously avoided feeding her...
by David Gumpert | Apr 22, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Is the Greg Niewendorp approach to NAIS spreading? Niewendorp is the Michigan farmer who a few months ago became the first in the nation to publicly refuse to register his cows under the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). Now the Wisconsin Department of...
by David Gumpert | Apr 21, 2007 | Uncategorized |
One of the things I envy my daughter, Laura, is that she lives in a place where she can just head out to a local merchant and purchase raw milk. She lives in Philadelphia, and most Saturdays, she goes to the Reading Terminal Market, a sprawling indoor market in the...
by David Gumpert | Apr 20, 2007 | Uncategorized |
It’s ironic sometimes how the dialogue on this blog surfaces in real life. I’m in New York City for a couple days and spent some time in my hotel this afternoon reviewing some of the material about autism and vaccination suggested in comments on my two...
by David Gumpert | Apr 19, 2007 | Uncategorized |
When I was a student at Columbia Journalism School back in 1969, one of the most controversial “lessons” was a case study about a protest march at which the police beat up the demonstrators. As reporters, we had to decide how to report the story. After...
by David Gumpert | Apr 18, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Last September, when I was reporting about the difficulties some physicians faced in obtaining flu vaccine, for a column in BusinessWeek.com, I focused on the fact that large retail chains like Walgreens and CVS seemed to be getting preference from manufacturers for...
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