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What Happens When Food Corps Mess with Raw Juice? The Same As When They Mess With Milk

by David Gumpert | Nov 15, 2013 | Legal, News Media, Regulation | 126 comments

I am a big raw juice fan, have been for many years. After I make the juice, usually a couple of cups or more, I store the leftover juice in a wine bottle, and use a vacuum device to reduce the air supply. Raw juice, like raw milk, is a fragile food because its many...

NY Times Explores Huge Raw Milk Health Benefits, But Hesitates on That Final Leap

by David Gumpert | Nov 10, 2013 | Food Safety, News Media, Raw Milk | 70 comments

So I’m reading the lengthy lead article in the Sunday Review section of today’s New York Times, headed, “A Cure for the Allergy Epidemic?” It’s by a science writer, Moises Velasquez-Manoff. It begins by asking, “Will the cure for allergies come from the cowshed?”...

Caught in the Middle: A TN Raw Milk Farmer Agonizes About Serving Multiple Masters

by David Gumpert | Nov 9, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 226 comments

“It’s frustrating,” says Marcie McBee. “I can’t fix something I can’t find. I can’t fix something they can’t find.” The 36-year-old owner of McBee Dairy in Mascot, TN, is referring to the allegations that her dairy’s milk was responsible for nine illnesses from...

Good News in Fight Over GMO Labeling–It Helps Unite Communities for Real Food

by David Gumpert | Nov 5, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Regulation | 58 comments

I’ve been reading a lot about GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in preparation for the debate I am moderating Thursday evening between Virginia farmer Joel Salatin and holistic physician  Joseph Mercola in Atlanta. The debate, a fund-raiser for the...

Overreach: MN Judge Puts Crimp in MDA’s 10-Year Pursuit of Raw Dairy Farmer Hartmann

by David Gumpert | Oct 31, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Resistance | 122 comments

Minnesota’s relentless decade-long pursuit of dairy farmer Michael Hartmann finally ran off the road, when a state judge ruled earlier this month that the state conducted an illegal search of the farmer’s truck.In a strongly worded 30-page opinion, Minnesota Judge...

Role Reversal: I’m Interviewed By Ron Paul; Joe vs Joel on GMOs

by David Gumpert | Oct 24, 2013 | News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation | 62 comments

I just had a refreshing experience: a candid conversation with a leading political figure about food rights. Former Congressman and Presidential candidate Ron Paul has long been identified as someone sympathetic to our right to access raw milk, because of his...

An Old-Fashioned Maine Pig Roast Celebrates State-Wide Push for Food Sovereignty; FSMA Worries

by David Gumpert | Oct 21, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance | 13 comments

The scene outside Halcyon Grange #345 on a rural road in tiny Blue Hill, Maine, is one that has been played out countless times over the past couple centuries. As darkness set in, a couple of men, volunteers, were carving up a pig that had been roasting on a large...

RAWMI Session Brings Together Key Parties in Raw Milk Debate; Grange Event in Food Sovereignty Territory

by David Gumpert | Oct 17, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 38 comments

Last week, the Raw Milk Institute (RAWMI) held its second annual “Training Day”. It brought together a wide range of people that would have been unthinkable three or four years ago. RAWMI founder Mark McAfee provides this account of the people and happenings of the...
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