by David Gumpert | Mar 17, 2007 | Uncategorized |
A few miscellaneous thoughts and references:–In retrospect, I wonder if I misinterpreted the significance of Greg Niewendorp’s act of civil disobedience in refusing to go along with Michigan’s first-in-the-nation enforcement of the National Animal...
by David Gumpert | Mar 16, 2007 | Uncategorized |
John Mackey, co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods Inc., says the world is already moving past the era of “industrial agriculture” and into what he calls “the ecological era.” He spent about 50 minutes describing his vision in an unusual appearance...
by David Gumpert | Mar 14, 2007 | Uncategorized |
The case of Richard Hebron and the Family Farms Cooperative finally gets a mass-media hearing with a detailed Time Magazine article, cleverly entitled, “Got Raw Milk? Be Very Quiet”. It’s a roundup of the debate over raw milk that has simmered since...
by David Gumpert | Mar 13, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Time Magazine’s cover story last week was about a growing debate over the benefits of eating local versus eating organic food. The “new ideal,” according to the article, is buying food as locally as possible, regardless of whether it is organic or...
by David Gumpert | Mar 12, 2007 | Uncategorized |
During the gathering of Family Farms Cooperative members at Linda Diane Feldt’s home Friday evening, a few spoke of a two updates in the legal proceedings involving the co-op. The proceedings grow out of the sting operation last October 13, with its search...
by David Gumpert | Mar 10, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I had the good fortune Friday evening of meeting personally a number of individuals who regularly add to this blog via their incisive comments. The meeting came about thanks to Linda Diane Feldt, an Ann Arbor, MI, holistic practitioner, who organized a community...
by David Gumpert | Mar 8, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Greg Niewendorp and several of his supporters have set up an unusual kind of charitable fund growing out of the Michigan farmer’s refusal to abide by regulations related to the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). A number of readers of this blog and...
by David Gumpert | Mar 7, 2007 | Uncategorized |
When I try to explain Greg Niewendorp’s civil disobedience to friends or acquaintances who aren’t familiar with the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), I usually get this response: So what’s so bad about tracking farm animals?...
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