by David Gumpert | Sep 30, 2006 | Uncategorized |
Curious developments on the tainted food front. 1. Just a day after my article about the shutdown of a California raw milk dairy appeared on BusinessWeek.com, California’s Department of Food and Agriculture lifted its quarantine of Organic Pastures Dairy...
by David Gumpert | Sep 29, 2006 | Uncategorized |
It’s difficult not to feel badly for Mark McAfee and his family. Together they run Organic Pastures Dairy Farm, a 300-cow farm near Fresno, CA, that has become California’s largest provider of raw milk. As I detail in my latest BusinessWeek.com column,...
by David Gumpert | Sep 27, 2006 | Uncategorized |
There’s lots of handwringing in the media about the fact that health care insurance coverage rose 7.7 per cent this year, which is more than double the overall inflation rate. And the situation can only get worse as the population ages, argue the pundits.Well, I...
by David Gumpert | Sep 20, 2006 | Uncategorized |
The media have been full of stories about how there will be plenty of flu vaccine this year. What they didn’t explain is the proviso that there will be plenty if you want to go to Walgreens or Wal-Mart for your flu vaccine. Your physician may be rationing...
by David Gumpert | Sep 18, 2006 | Uncategorized |
The cover of the current issue of BusinessWeek (Sept. 25) asks the question: "What’s Really Propping Up the Economy?" Turns out it’s the healthcare industry, which has added 1.7 million jobs since 2001, versus no job growth in the rest of the...
by David Gumpert | Sep 8, 2006 | Uncategorized |
I swear I didn’t make up the story I am about to relate. I was able to follow it step by step because it happened to a woman I know well (but who would like to remain unidentified for Internet purposes). Anyway, this woman, in her 60s, suddenly began...
by David Gumpert | Sep 1, 2006 | Uncategorized |
Last winter and spring, I chronicled the efforts of Roberto Glaubach to gain a measure of justice following the unexpected death of his daughter four years ago, just hours after giving birth in a Los Angeles-area hospital. Roberto argues that his daughter died because...
by David Gumpert | Aug 28, 2006 | Uncategorized |
A glass of milk was one of the great pleasures of nearly all my childhood meals. Since I was "supposed" to have three glasses of milk a day anyway for good health, the fact that I actually enjoyed it (especially with cookies) was a bonus.Over the years,...
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