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At Mother Earth News Conference, Food Rights Message Begins to Resonate

by David Gumpert | Sep 23, 2013 | Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance | 42 comments

Lots more people are beginning to get it on food rights. They are coming to understand  they can’t look the other way when regulators try to intimidate farmers on trumped-up charges. They are beginning to appreciate the importance of becoming directly involved in...

“Groundhog Day” in Wisconsin Raw Milk Debate–Whatever Happened to Working Group Agreement?

by David Gumpert | Sep 18, 2013 | Food Clubs, Raw Milk, Regulation | 44 comments

As I watch the debate over raw milk legislation unfold in Wisconsin, I can’t help but feel as if I’ve seen this movie before….and that it is a version of “Groundhog Day”. That is the 1993 comedy in which a weatherman covering the Groundhog Day festivities in...

Michigan Genetic-Purity Hog Rule Going on Trial; Vonderplanitz Service

by David Gumpert | Sep 17, 2013 | Legal, Regulation | 1 comment

Michigan hog farmer Mark Baker will get his day in court over whether he can legally raise pigs the state claims are feral, genetically impure, and illegal under a special order it implemented in 2012. Baker had filed suit against the Michigan Department of...

What Is Biopower, And How Does It Figure into Food Sovereignty? Hershberger’s Celebrity; Baker Fundraiser

by David Gumpert | Sep 13, 2013 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance | 25 comments

I’ve been reading through academic papers being presented this weekend at a Yale University conference on food sovereignty. I’ve been learning some new terms from reading papers being presented at the conference. One term that rang a bell is ”the cunning...

PA Raw Dairy Owner Clears Air over CDC; Children and Raw Milk

by David Gumpert | Sep 6, 2013 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation | 40 comments

Once again, we learn the power of all those regulator warnings about the dangers of raw milk–they just seem to expand the market for raw milk and other dairy products. According to Edwin Shank, owner of The Family Cow in Pennsylvania, which re-opened last...

They’re Watching: For the CDC, There Is a Silver Lining in Any Raw Dairy’s Problems

by David Gumpert | Sep 2, 2013 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation | 21 comments

For much of August, the nation’s second-largest raw dairy, The Family Cow in Pennsylvania, was shut down. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, as part of its regular testing of licensed dairies, had discovered campylobacter in several samples. There...

The Dark Side of the Aajonus Vonderplanitz Legacy; How the End Came

by David Gumpert | Aug 31, 2013 | Legal, Raids, Raw Milk | 54 comments

 It’s nice to hear from people who knew Aajonus Vonderplanitz, who valued his friendship and benefited from his nutritional counseling. Clearly, he did a lot of good for individuals he advised on his raw-food regimen.  That is what grieving is about for...

In Death As In Life, Controversy Follows Aajonus Vonderplanitz

by David Gumpert | Aug 29, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 32 comments

Food rights activist Aajonus Vonderplanitz died in Thailand yesterday, and the circumstances of his demise reflect the way he lived–on the edge and shrouded in mystery and controversy.     The 66-year-old nutritionist was, in some ways, the father...
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