by David Gumpert | Mar 28, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I’ve been observing the avalanche of publicity about Elizabeth Edwards, wife of the presidential candidate, and her breast cancer, and have been struck by the mixture of emotions I feel. Like most people, I’m tremendously impressed by her courage in...
by David Gumpert | Mar 26, 2007 | Uncategorized |
The timing of news that the California Almond Board will as of August 1 begin requiring pasteurization of almonds is interesting from the perspective of the discussion that’s been going on here over the last few days. This news, troubling as it is, helps us...
by David Gumpert | Mar 24, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I appreciate the comments on my most recent “giving-thy-neighbor-raw-milk” posting. I suspected my view wouldn’t be hugely popular. Elizabeth McInerney makes a very convincing argument that NOT making raw milk available is a disservice because it has...
by David Gumpert | Mar 23, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I was catching up about a week ago with a neighbor I hadn’t spoken with for a couple months because we had both been in winter hibernation mode. When I asked about her three-year-old son, she shook her head. “It’s been one thing after another, sore...
by David Gumpert | Mar 22, 2007 | Uncategorized |
When I last spoke with John Dutcher, owner of an 80-acre Michigan farm, last December in connection with my BusinessWeek.com article about the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), he wasn’t sure what to make about his state leading the way in enforcing...
by David Gumpert | Mar 21, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Carol Schmitmeyer, the mother of five children whose entire livelihood was placed on the line by the Ohio Department of Agriculture’s aggressive anti-raw-milk stance (described in a BusinessWeek.com article I wrote last November), can finally breathe easier. She...
by David Gumpert | Mar 20, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Aside from the inherently interesting story of the Klaty family’s full-scale involvement in their Michigan goat farm, which I just wrote for BusinessWeek.com (along with a slide show), there was something unusual about the story I didn’t...
by David Gumpert | Mar 19, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Thank you, Dave Milano, for making an important connection between the move to locally produced natural foods and effective business planning, and pushing me in that direction. I have tended to keep these matters separate, both here on this blog, and in my mind, when...
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