by David Gumpert | Nov 11, 2006 | Uncategorized |
Two comments on yesterday’s posting about the views of Ohio officials, from Cara and Miguel, raise a similar question: Are public officials open to possibly adjusting their view of the world of milk safety, or are they locked into a...
by David Gumpert | Nov 10, 2006 | Uncategorized |
Apart from my sad interviews with struggling Ohio raw-milk dairy farmers, the most intriguing conversation I had reporting my latest BusinessWeek.com column on the state’s uber-enforcement was with Lewis Jones, head of the Ohio Department of...
by David Gumpert | Nov 10, 2006 | Uncategorized |
You have to wonder if the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) has perhaps stumbled onto an international connection in its investigation of the Family Farms Cooperative. When the case first blew open four weeks ago tomorrow with confiscation of the...
by David Gumpert | Nov 8, 2006 | Uncategorized |
As the raw milk wars being fought around the country increasingly permeate the public consciousness, the issue could attract some positive political attention in the aftermath of yesterday’s voting. The first place this might happen is in Ohio,...
by David Gumpert | Nov 7, 2006 | Uncategorized |
Proponents of raw milk are finally getting a little help in the political process. It’s a small step, but Sen Carl Levin has written to the federal Food and Drug Administration demanding information about its role in the Family Foods Cooperative investigation....
by David Gumpert | Nov 7, 2006 | Uncategorized |
You probably suspect when you roam a grocery store that three-fourths of the products are nutritionally worthless. But the last place you’d expect to confirm your hunch is with the grocer stocking all the chips, dips, and sugary cereals. Well, a Northeast...
by David Gumpert | Nov 6, 2006 | Uncategorized |
Two comments posted to my most recent BusinessWeek.com column–by Molly McMullen and Chris Kowakowski–essentially raise the same question: what is the real story about the safety of raw milk? I must say I’ve read presentations on both sides of the...
by David Gumpert | Nov 3, 2006 | Uncategorized |
Regulators usually like to lie low in the midst of a major investigation, foregoing extensive comment to the media. Not Katherine Fedder, the Michigan Department of Agriculture official who is overseeing the investigation of the Family Farms Cooperative and its...
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