A Little Unsolicited Advice to FFC

The first legal repercussion from the Michigan raw milk sting has me asking questions. Here is my latest: What should members of Family Farms Cooperative (FFC) do to help David Hochstetler, the Indiana farmer who supplies its raw milk, who is now threatened by a Food...

A Letter from “Uncle” About Raw Milk

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”...

The Superbug Problem Has Been Bred on the Farm

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...