by David Gumpert | Feb 17, 2007 | Uncategorized |
During the four months I’ve been writing about the strange case of the Michigan and federal government campaigns against Michigan’s Family Farm Cooperative, there is one person who has remained carefully situated in the background: the Indiana Amish farmer...
by David Gumpert | Feb 16, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Four months after the sting operation against Richard Hebron and the Family Farms Cooperative in Michigan over distribution of raw milk, co-op members are experiencing the first legal reverberation from the case.It comes in the form of a “warning letter”...
by David Gumpert | Feb 15, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I figured I was scratching the surface in my post on the role of factory farming in fostering “super bugs,” but I didn’t realize how much until I read Miguel’s treatise (originally posted on Facing South blog by Marek Kryda of Waterkeeper...
by David Gumpert | Feb 14, 2007 | Uncategorized |
If you want a sense of the tenor of the debate over mandatory vaccination, and the media biases in health care, take a look at a segment on this morning’s Today Show. (Go to the link, and on the list of stories, click on, “Should HPV vaccines be...
by David Gumpert | Feb 13, 2007 | Uncategorized |
An interesting followup to the recent discussion about antibiotic-resistant bacteria: Now scientists are confirming that the primary cause of “superbugs” is excessive antibiotic use among farm animals. An article in the Boston Sunday Globe summarized the...
by David Gumpert | Feb 12, 2007 | Uncategorized |
One of the things that has hit Doug Kirkpatrick hardest about the bovine TB outbreak that has nearly destroyed his farm is the absence of logic in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) practices. “It can drive you mad...
by David Gumpert | Feb 10, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I want to thank Linda Diane Feldt for her comments about treating bacterial infection (accompanying "Of Pigs, Chickens and Superbugs"). Her paper about the benefits of Echinacea in combating bacterial infection is very convincing. Also, her points about the...
by David Gumpert | Feb 9, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I’ve just completed a disturbing article for BusinessWeek.com about Doug Kirkpatrick, a Michigan farmer who is committed to raising natural beef, pork, and poultry, and selling directly to consumers. He ran into a problem nearly a year-and-a-half ago when...
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