by David Gumpert | Nov 2, 2006 | Uncategorized |
As passionate as consumers of raw milk may be about its safety and benefits, they remain a tiny minority, and politicians are well aware of this fact. This point was driven home to me during a lengthy conversation I had yesterday with Chris Kolb, the Michigan...
by David Gumpert | Nov 1, 2006 | Uncategorized |
Dan Corrigan makes an important point in a comment on yesterday’s post, correctly raising the specter of a very upset constituency unable to procure a product that has become essential to many if Michigan authorities come down hard on the Family Farms...
by David Gumpert | Oct 31, 2006 | Uncategorized |
It’s been more than two weeks since the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the Michigan State Police completed their “sting” operation by confiscating raw milk and other products from the Family Farms Cooperative and conducting a home...
by David Gumpert | Oct 30, 2006 | Uncategorized |
Julie is a 27-year-old Floridian who, like many people these days, is seeking to make the transition from dependence on processed foods and Big Pharma to a healthier lifestyle. So when one of her daughters recently came down with a urinary tract infection, she held...
by David Gumpert | Oct 28, 2006 | Uncategorized |
I slept a lot better last night, as did Richard and Annette Hebron. Richard didn’t get home to Vandalia, MI, until about 11:30 last evening (Friday), dead tired after having been stuck in Detroit traffic for two hours, and Annette was nearly asleep,...
by David Gumpert | Oct 27, 2006 | Uncategorized |
I slept badly last night. I know the reason, and it has to do with the raw milk problem in Michigan. Since mid-day yesterday (Thursday), I’ve been in possession of information about the details of the distribution of raw milk scheduled for today (Friday) to Ann...
by David Gumpert | Oct 27, 2006 | Uncategorized |
Once a war gets going, the combatants often forget what sparked the whole thing. Usually, when they do remember, it turns out to be something pretty minor in the context of the fight at hand–some insult or suspected aggression. And if you probe the actual...
by David Gumpert | Oct 26, 2006 | Uncategorized |
I just completed a followup column about Michigan’s raw milk war that’s been posted at BusinessWeek.com, and in certain respects, it’s more chilling than my initial column last week reporting on the raids, searches, and confiscations in Vandalia and...
Recent Comments