by David Gumpert | Jan 15, 2007 | Uncategorized |
On Saturday, I dropped by the farm in Lyme, NH, where I buy my raw milk. As the owner handed me a gallon jug, she immediately felt compelled to explain the fact that the container wasn’t cold. “I just milked her this morning,” she said. No...
by David Gumpert | Jan 13, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I was in Waltham last evening, which is a mostly working-class town just outside of Boston, to grab dinner at one of my favorite restaurants, Masao’s, a small vegan place, on my way into Cambridge. As usual, I enjoyed the fresh kale, beans, rice, and...
by David Gumpert | Jan 12, 2007 | Uncategorized |
My latest BusinessWeek.com column explores the intriguing business ties between the companies making radio frequency identification devices (RFIDs) for the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), and for implantation into people to track their medical...
by David Gumpert | Jan 11, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Henwhisperer raises a question on yesterday’s posting that I’ve found myself wondering about as I research NAIS. She’s asking why Vermont hasn’t gone public with its refusal to join in making NAIS mandatory. To me, though, the question is...
by David Gumpert | Jan 10, 2007 | Uncategorized |
So far, all the talk about Michigan’s legislature intervening to halt implementation of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) March 1 is just that—all talk. There had been rumblings that State Sen. Liz Brater, an Ann Arbor Democrat, might...
by David Gumpert | Jan 9, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Remember when talking about the weather was a way to make polite conversation with someone you didn’t know well? I think that is why I kind of hesitated in posting something yesterday about the strange weather. But it’s dawning on everyone that it is a...
by David Gumpert | Jan 8, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I wanted to catch up on a few things. But first…it’s difficult, if you live in the eastern U.S., not to be terrified about what’s happening to winter. Yesterday it was 69 degrees here in Boston, and throughout the Northeast, temperatures set...
by David Gumpert | Jan 6, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Will he or won’t he? Victor Fitz is the Cass County prosecutor, and the decision about whether to file charges against Richard Hebron and anyone else associated with Michigan’s Family Farm Cooperative in connection with distribution of raw milk to cow...
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