by David Gumpert | Jul 2, 2014 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Getting ready to take some time off for July 4, Independence Day. I find myself thinking about our economic independence, in light of a number of recent news developments in the food arena. * I saw a report that the U.S. Supreme Court has, over the last...
by David Gumpert | Jun 29, 2014 | Food Clubs, Legal, Regulation |
It turns out that Village Green Network wasnt just forging new income opportunities for food bloggers. It was also forging a new advertising path with federal regulators. VGNs role connecting large numbers of bloggers to producers of...
by David Gumpert | Jun 24, 2014 | Legal, News Media, Nutrition, Raw Milk |
Over the last five years, Ann Marie Michaels has been a soaring natural food star. Or maybe a meteor would be more like it. The savvy and charismatic entrepreneur rode exploding interest in artisanal raw milk cheese and other nutrient-dense foods, and built...
by David Gumpert | Jun 18, 2014 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
The Maine Supreme Court dealt a blow to those hoping for legal backing of locally sanctioned private food sales, outside government regulatory auspices, by upholding farmer Dan Browns conviction last year of violating state dairy and food laws. In the end,...
by David Gumpert | Jun 18, 2014 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
I love when raw milk drinkers educate nervous regulators about dairy safety and benefits. And when the raw milk advocates are clamoring for a regulated solution that the regulators are resisting. Thats what happened last evening at a hearing in Massachusetts...
by David Gumpert | Jun 15, 2014 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
One of the tests used by Salem, MA, authorities back in the late 1600s to determine if a suspicious person was a witch was to repeatedly dunk the individual under water until he or she confessed. Not surprisingly, many of those tested in this way were convicted at...
by David Gumpert | Jun 12, 2014 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation |
The mainstream media has been full of handwringing that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seemed a few days ago to be banning the centuries-old practice of aging cheese on wood boards. A Forbe magazine writer said the decision has rattled hundreds of small...
by David Gumpert | Jun 9, 2014 | Food Safety, Regulation, Research |
Correlations are not causation, but when they plot out as clearly as Stephanie Seneff has plotted them out with regard to autism and glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsantos Roundup weed killer, they are impossible to ignore. Seneff is a research...
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