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...
by David Gumpert | Feb 8, 2007 | Uncategorized |
The more I’ve learned about vaccination, the more I’ve shied away from it. So in answer to Rick Trim’s question from my previous posting, I’m not real keen on the Texas governor’s order to vaccinate school girls in the state. Like most...
by David Gumpert | Feb 7, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I was curious to read Miguel’s comment (on my Feb. 4 "From Nuts to Subversives" posting) that pigs are a major source of drug-resistant bacteria known as MRSA. I had just read an article in the Financial Times last week about MRSA, but that...
by David Gumpert | Feb 6, 2007 | Uncategorized |
It’s interesting to read about people’s “aha” moments on my previous two posts—when they realized either the deficiencies of conventional medicine, or the power of alternative therapies or diet. These aren’t necessarily single...
by David Gumpert | Feb 5, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Two items, seemingly unrelated, but that I sense really are related.First, the Pork Association has gone after, of all things, a proponent of breast feeding. I tend to assume that large organizations have more important things to worry about than...
by David Gumpert | Feb 4, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I’ve been doing a lot of driving over the past few weeks, so have been passing the time listening to one of Dr. Andrew Weil’s early books, “Spontaneous Healing”. Even though it’s been a dozen years since the book came out, it still sounds...
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