by David Gumpert | Jul 10, 2021 | What's New |
Federal agriculture officials and their supporters are practically drooling over the possibility that Amish farmer Amos Miller could be hit with a devastating fine and expenses exceeding $260,000. The headline in Food Safety News captures the air of climactic...
by David Gumpert | Jul 1, 2021 | What's New |
A few weeks ago, we learned that Amish farmer Amos Miller was found in contempt of federal court for allegedly failing to abide by U.S. Department of Agriculture rules about meat production. He’s been fighting variations of this battle for years, but most recently...
by David Gumpert | May 29, 2021 | What's New |
America is reopening big time, as the percentage of Americans vaccinated begins to move upwards of 50%, and new cases of Covid-19 plummet. Airports and roads are congested once again. Restaurants and bars are bringing the crowds indoors. Heck, Vermont, a state with...
by David Gumpert | May 9, 2021 | What's New |
The barefoot three-year-old in a faded pink dress comes running to her white-bearded grandfather, who’s sitting at a small desk table. She’s crying, pointing to the toes of her left foot, which she just scraped. The grandfather, Sam Girod, holds her in one arm, and...
by David Gumpert | Apr 21, 2021 | What's New |
At least two Ontario farms that had been selling raw milk via herd share agreements have been raided in the last few days by Ontario health inspectors backed up by police. Dumping bootleg alcohol during a raid on a brewery in the midst of American Prohibition....
by David Gumpert | Mar 20, 2021 | What's New |
I inquired with Michael Schmidt last week about doing an interview to follow up on the rejection of the latest legal initiative in Canada designed to get some relenting on the government’s long-term ban on raw dairy. I wondered about his state of mind, what he might...
by David Gumpert | Mar 13, 2021 | What's New |
As I read through Ontario Judge Shaun O’Brien’s stinging rejection of raw milk in any way, shape, or form, I found myself singing the old Carole King rock classic, “It’s too late baby, yeah it’s too late….” Raw dairy farmer Michael Schmidt greets police raiding his...
by David Gumpert | Feb 28, 2021 | What's New |
“Chance favors the prepared mind.” Louis Pasteur I couldn’t help but think about this quote last Wednesday, as I sat in on a panel discussion at the Harvard Business School of a recently completed case study of Moderna, whose Covid vaccine is taking the world by storm...
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