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Musings of a Rebel Sheep Farmer; A Monsanto Protester

by David Gumpert | Sep 23, 2014 | Raids, Regulation, Resistance | 29 comments

Back in 2010, Canadian agriculture authorities launched a campaign to kill and test for scrapie a herd of rare Shropshire sheep owned by Ontario farmer Montana Jones. By 2012, after the Canadian authorities refused all Jones’ compromise offers and were set to remove...

Are Eggs Europe’s Secret Sauce in the War for Living Food?

by David Gumpert | Sep 18, 2014 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation | 69 comments

It’s been nearly a half-dozen years since I last visited Europe, and I wondered this time if the continent’s vaunted decline might also include its food.  The economic problems of Greece, Spain, and Portugal are well known, as are the continent’s demographic...

How CDC-Inspired Fearmongers Nearly Derailed a PBS Raw Milk Documentary

by David Gumpert | Sep 14, 2014 | Nutrition, Raw Milk, Regulation, Research, Safety | 7 comments

I like to think that some day in the not-too-distant future people will look back on the official hysteria surrounding raw milk and shake their heads in wonderment. One prime example of the hysteria would be found in a just-completed Public Broadcasting System (PBS)...

When the “Nuclear” Option in Child Custody Cases is Raw Milk

by David Gumpert | Sep 10, 2014 | Raw Milk, Regulation | 36 comments

It’s one of those problems no one wants to talk about. Something only discussed at food conferences or other gatherings in quiet side conversations. No names, please, whatever you do, is the request at the end of the discussions.  The problem? Raw milk as a...

First Food Freedom Fest Anticipates More Aggressive Government Moves

by David Gumpert | Sep 7, 2014 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 21 comments

The first-ever, and hopefully first annual, Food Freedom Fest brought together about 200 food rights advocates from around the country on Saturday to farmer Joel Salatin’s scenic home town in the Shenandoah Valley. The focus was on overcoming the sense of an...

FDA Broadens Its Raw Milk Assault to Target French Cheeses…for Too Many Good Bacteria

by David Gumpert | Sep 5, 2014 | Food Safety, Regulation | 16 comments

As the inaugural Food Freedom Fest gets under way in Staunton, VA, on Friday, it only  seems appropriate that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should show its true colors and prohibit French raw milk cheeses….for having too much good bacteria. The...

Do the Food Regulators Just Care Too Much?

by David Gumpert | Aug 29, 2014 | Food Safety, Regulation | 21 comments

What is the real cause of the government crackdown on small farms producing good food?  I have written and spoken about the fear of competition by our corporate food producers, as consumers gradually come to realize how they are being sickened by corporate...

Despite Setbacks, Beat Goes On for Food Rights, with Legal, Community, Political Actions

by David Gumpert | Aug 25, 2014 | Legal, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance | 4 comments

If you look at the recent legal scorecard, the Food Rights movement is getting clobbered. Losses in Maine (Dan Brown’s food sovereignty case), Wisconsin (Vernon Hershberger’s appeal of his single misdemeanor conviction, along with rejection of Zinniker-Craig case) and...
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