by David Gumpert | Mar 5, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Greg Niewendorp’s act of civil disobedience–and that is what is going on here–has stimulated a great deal of emotion, witness the comments from my original Thursday posting. Which is as it should be, since civil disobedience is at once an...
by David Gumpert | Mar 3, 2007 | Uncategorized |
It’s easy in our celebrity- and money-crazed society to forget the fundamental battle for individual rights that drove our country’s drive for independence in 1776 and the Revolutionary War years that followed. Greg Niewendorp’s stand (see previous...
by David Gumpert | Mar 2, 2007 | Uncategorized |
It’s been only a few hours since the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) made its voluntary-to-required debut in Michigan, and already a farmer is challenging its underpinnings. The Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) quickly responded by...
by David Gumpert | Feb 28, 2007 | Uncategorized |
You’d think that after taking nearly four months to answer a few questions posed by Michigan Sen. Carl Levin about the Family Farms Cooperative (FFC) case, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would at least provide some clarification. Instead, it only...
by David Gumpert | Feb 27, 2007 | Uncategorized |
A huge five-foot-by-ten-foot banner went up last Friday in the Ann Arbor meeting hall where the Family Farms Cooperative (FFC) distributes raw milk and other dairy and meat products to members: “This could be our last delivery. We need your help....
by David Gumpert | Feb 25, 2007 | Uncategorized |
As Michigan authorities inch toward a decision about how to follow up on their Oct. 13 sting operation against Richard Hebron and the Family Farms Cooperative, one of the things they are hopefully doing is reviewing the 232 testimonials sent by Michigan raw milk...
by David Gumpert | Feb 24, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I’ve written several postings about the dilemma facing Indiana farmer David Hochstetler and the Family Foods Cooperative (FFC) over the federal Food and Drug Administration’s recent warning letter, ordering Hochstetler to discontinue sending raw milk to...
by David Gumpert | Feb 23, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I spent some time over the last couple of days watching a DVD of a hearing put on in early January by commissioners of the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) seeking public comment about the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). Michigan is due to become...
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