by David Gumpert | Oct 20, 2006 | Uncategorized |
Some further thoughts from my BusinessWeek.com column about the sting operation against a Michigan co-op of three farms…As Annette Hebron described the experience of having five agents combing through her family’s papers and personal belongings in...
by David Gumpert | Oct 19, 2006 | Uncategorized |
The day after my rant about ideology comes a refreshing report from Pennsylvania that actually suggests a pragmatic approach to the matter of raw milk. The Philadelphia Inquirer has a major article today with the heading, "Sales of Raw Milk Growing in PA"....
by David Gumpert | Oct 18, 2006 | Uncategorized |
I always become uncomfortable when I see issue debates–whether about health care, politics, economics, or whatever–turn into ideological debates. My problem is that ideology requires a rigid view of the world, and as a result tends to lead people, and...
by David Gumpert | Oct 16, 2006 | Uncategorized |
You may not like what Sermo Inc. is doing for a living, but you have to give the company credit for cutting to the chase in the medical information arena. It’s in the business of “information arbitrage,” which it explains as “the opportunity...
by David Gumpert | Oct 14, 2006 | Uncategorized |
It’s becoming a familiar refrain. The government officials who say they’re just trying to protect us, the public. And the small-farm owner, who says he’s being harassed. I heard it once again last evening. At the Los Angeles County Department of...
by David Gumpert | Oct 12, 2006 | Uncategorized |
It’s inspiring, and sobering, to read some of the emails Mark McAfee of Organic Pastures Dairy Co. is receiving from customers elated to have their raw milk back again. "It has been a wonderful day here, enjoying our pure, healthy, live milk!"...
by David Gumpert | Oct 11, 2006 | Uncategorized |
From the viewpoint of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, its encounter Saturday with Organic Pastures Dairy Co. was just another food-related matter. "We had a complaint, and we were responding to the complaint," says Terrance Powell,...
by David Gumpert | Oct 10, 2006 | Uncategorized |
I had no doubt California agriculture and health regulators would bide their time in their pursuit of Organic Pastures Dairy Co., following their humiliating defeats over the last two weeks in their efforts to put the dairy out of business (see previous posts). I...
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