by David Gumpert | Dec 19, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
First, the Wisconsin prosecutors pursuing raw milk farmer Vernon Hershberger went after jury nullification, and convinced a judge to instruct jurors in his upcoming trial they can’t side with the accused farmer if they disagree with the laws he is accused of...
by David Gumpert | Dec 16, 2012 | Legal, News Media, Regulation |
It has been a very difficult few days. The Newtown, Connecticut, murders hit hard, at a time when it seems as if we should be hardened to incidents of random violence. The murders accompanying the shooting of Rep. Gabby Giffords in Arizona, the murder of...
by David Gumpert | Dec 14, 2012 | Legal, Regulation, Resistance |
The legal situation confronting Michael Schmidt could hardly look more ominous.He faces four counts of conspiracy, in connection with the disappearance last April of 31 rare Shropshire sheep suspected by Canadian health authorities of harboring scrapies disease....
by David Gumpert | Dec 11, 2012 | Food Safety, News Media, Research |
Media people love juicy data suggesting an untended-to crisis, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control has the perfect juicy data for anyone wanting to write about the supposed crisis in food safety. The scary data go like this: every year, millions of...
by David Gumpert | Dec 7, 2012 | News Media, Research |
In the midst of the recent spate of sometimes-less-than-encouraging developments on the food rights front, I haven’t had a chance to post about an uplifting event I attended in suburban Boston more than a week ago. It was an event that made me feel at least a...
by David Gumpert | Dec 5, 2012 | Legal, Raids, Regulation, Resistance |
The 31 famous rare sheep suspected by Canadian public health authorities of harboring the feared scrapie disease have all been found, slaughtered, and tested free of disease. But the affair of the missing Shropshire sheep–kidnapped earlier this year...
by David Gumpert | Dec 3, 2012 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation |
You have to give credit where credit is due–to Indiana regulators who have just issued a report about possibly loosening the state’s strict prohibitions on raw milk.But while they are refreshingly candid in identifying key problems in the debate over...
by David Gumpert | Dec 1, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Regulation, Resistance |
Last February, a Wisconsin judge imposed a temporary injunction prohibiting Arlin Bender from slaughtering cattle and pigs on behalf of neighboring farmers, at the request of the state’s Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP). In July,...
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