by David Gumpert | Jan 31, 2017 | What's New |
Four years ago, I sat in a Wisconsin courtroom for a hearing I was certain would land raw-milk farmer Vernon Hershberger in jail. I wasn’t alone in that belief—more than 100 of his supporters sat in that courtroom as well. We had agreed among ourselves beforehand that...
by David Gumpert | Jan 13, 2017 | What's New |
The feds came for Amish salve maker Sam Girod this morning, hauling him off to jail, where he very well could spend the rest of his life. Nearly a year ago, I wrote about Girod’s legal problems with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and how they worsened...
by David Gumpert | Jan 5, 2017 | What's New |
When government regimes change, the people with the best noses for where things are headed are usually the bureaucrats. They spend years, even decades, watching politicians of all stripes come and go, and learn to read the tea leaves. Right now, we are...
by David Gumpert | Jan 3, 2017 | What's New |
“I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die…” Johnny Cash, in “Folsom Prison Blues” “I did it (sued a journalist) to make his life miserable, which I’m happy about.” Donald Trump, in a 2016 interview Folk-rock singer Johnny Cash’s 1955 song, “Folsom Prison...
by David Gumpert | Dec 23, 2016 | What's New |
A few days ago, Organic Valley, the huge Wisconsin-based dairy cooperative, ran a “holiday season” ad on Facebook offering discount coupons of $1.50 or $2 on butter, cheese, and eggs (not $5, as the ad suggests). I guess it’s not a huge surprise that thousands of...
by David Gumpert | Dec 19, 2016 | What's New |
I’ve been trying to figure out why this election has affected me so deeply. It’s had me feeling at once angry, despondent, frustrated, unable to write and, most of all, with a huge sense of loss. I try to tell myself, it’s just a new politician. I’ve seen many...
by David Gumpert | Nov 28, 2016 | What's New |
I started this blog ten years ago to report on events and issues I thought the mainstream news media were either ignoring or misrepresenting when it came to regulation of small farms, and especially small dairy farms distributing raw milk. In the process, I poked both...
by David Gumpert | Nov 21, 2016 | What's New |
On November 9, the day after the election, Eric Tucker, an Austin businessman, noticed a group of buses parked in a lot not far from where demonstrations against Donald Trump’s election were going on. When he couldn’t find any notices on Google of conferences in the...
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