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Illinois Regulators Pull a Classic Power Grab to Stamp Out Raw Milk; Speaking Up; My New Book on Food Rights

by David Gumpert | Apr 5, 2013 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation | 35 comments

Dave Milano made a telling observation in a comment following my previous post: “The simple notion of basic human rights gets lost in tangles of misunderstanding, and as a result, States are given more power than they ought to have, or are tacitly or directly given...

A Crack in the United Front? Here’s Why National Farmers Union Raw Milk Endorsement Is a Big Deal

by David Gumpert | Mar 30, 2013 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation | 129 comments

For years, the public health, medical, regulator, and conventional dairy communities have marched in lockstep against raw milk. Collaborating with these forces of government and business have been the farmer communities, via their trade groups, the American Farm...

From the Middle East, a Rallying Cry for Raw Milk and Food Rights Activists

by David Gumpert | Mar 25, 2013 | Raw Milk, Regulation | 102 comments

Barack Obama gave a remarkable speech in Israel last week. Remarkable not just because he challenged Israeli young people to push for peace with the Palestinians, but because he was cheered by the young Israelis in the audience.  One of his statements...

Legal Maneuvering in Hershberger Case Is Mind Numbing, And Here’s Why It Makes Me Nervous

by David Gumpert | Mar 20, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 33 comments

What to make of the latest legal twists in the Vernon Hershberger raw milk saga? I thought about trying to doctor a photo of Hershberger to put on the site so it would look like a human pretzel, because that’s what he seems to have become–a legal...

Here’s a Warning About Possibly Dangerous Raw Milk–and Why It’s Intentionally Fuzzy; Last China Stop

by David Gumpert | Mar 17, 2013 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation | 66 comments

What should raw milk consumers do when they suspect one or more farmers of producing possibly dangerous raw milk?  It’s a dilemma that faces at least some raw dairy consumers at one time or another. The big tipoff of potential danger is that the milk sours...

In China, Fast-Paced Business Opportunity Drives a Beijing Dairy Farmer

by David Gumpert | Mar 11, 2013 | Food Safety, Raw Milk | 28 comments

My tour bus last week was just passing Tiananmen Square where, in one of the huge official buildings, The People’s Congress was being held to address China’s major issues, such as pollution and agriculture expansion. I expected a respectful assessment from our...

Taste-Testing My Way Through Beijing, While Watching Out for Pollution and KFC’s

by David Gumpert | Mar 7, 2013 | Food Safety, News Media | 8 comments

I’ve long wanted to visit China before the new completely overwhelms the old. So last Sunday night, my wife, Jean, and I arrived in Beijing. Our first stop was to be a food tour of Beijing’s Hutongs–one of the fast-disappearing areas of traditional homes, shops,...

Could Re-invigorated Raw Milk Push in States Around Country Be Behind FDA’s Decision to Take Low Road?

by David Gumpert | Mar 2, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 51 comments

I’m still amazed about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s accusation that most raw milk drinkers welcome pathogens in their food (described in my previous post.  Aside from personal views we may have about the role of bacteria in our food...
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