by David Gumpert | Jan 31, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Richard Hebron tries to take an optimistic view of the Cass County prosecutor’s pending decision on whether or not to file charges in the Family Farms Cooperative raw-milk case. He takes heart from the fact that many dozens of co-op members have written...
by David Gumpert | Jan 30, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Where has America gone wrong in its shift to unhealthy nutrition? Michael Pollan of “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” fame tackles that question in an extremely informative New York Times Magazine article, "Unhappy Meals." Be prepared,...
by David Gumpert | Jan 28, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Today I received another one of those calls—this one from the American Cancer Society. No, I wasn’t being asked to give money, but rather to send out requests for donations to 14 of my neighbors. This was the third such call I’ve received over the...
by David Gumpert | Jan 27, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I felt uncomfortable after I posted yesterday. Sometimes I write stuff, and it doesn’t feel right, and I don’t know why… If I let it sit a while, I usually come to understand the problem, but I was in a rush yesterday to post a followon to my...
by David Gumpert | Jan 26, 2007 | Uncategorized |
The founders of Somark Innovations Inc. are likely so enamored of their new technique for creating tattoos with RFID (radio frequency identification device) capability to appreciate the fact that affixing tattoos with numbers to people has a terrible...
by David Gumpert | Jan 25, 2007 | Uncategorized |
One additional issue raised in the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) meeting transcript I described in my previous posting has to do with the animal and premises records being accumulated as farmers sign up under the "voluntary" NAIS. Over...
by David Gumpert | Jan 24, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Here is today’s quiz: What is the difference between a “consistent” state and an “inconsistent” state? If you said one refers to feeling calm and the other to feeling crazy, you’re wrong. Here’s a hint: It has to do with the...
by David Gumpert | Jan 22, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Why is the government so anti-small-farm and, in the process, so anti-nutrition? Those are the questions underlying the discussion over the last few days about pasteurization—the questions raised by Elizabeth, and the answers posted by Mac and Steve Bemis....
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