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You’ve Got the Wrong Guy, Suggests FDA’s John Sheehan in Assessing That UC Davis Raw Milk Article Mystery…Well, Sort Of

by David Gumpert | Nov 30, 2012 | Raw Milk, Regulation, Research | 17 comments

In October, I expressed the view that an academic article favorable to raw milk, and posted on a web site of the University of California, Davis, was removed at the orders of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s director of Plant and Dairy Food Safety, John...

WI DATCP Shows Aggressive, and Desperate, Approach in Hershberger Pre-Trial Maneuvering–Update: State Denied

by David Gumpert | Nov 29, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, News Media, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation | 5 comments

Six weeks in advance of  the criminal trial of Wisconsin farmer Vernon Hershberger, pre-trial maneuvering moved into high gear Tuesday.  Some seven lawyers gathered  in the Baraboo courtroom of Sauk County Judge Guy Reynolds, and for three hours argued...

Now That James Stewart Is Out of Jail, Let the Rawesome Recriminations Begin; Farmmatch Gains

by David Gumpert | Nov 24, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids, Resistance | 53 comments

You wonder what sitting in jail for four months–all for running a private food club–does to a guy. You wonder what it does to the people around him who were supposedly watching his back.  I’ve certainly wondered, especially with James Stewart...

Is Judge in New Schlangen Case Learning Same Lessons As Jury in the Old One? Final Appeal in Morningland Dairy Case?

by David Gumpert | Nov 21, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids, Regulation | 10 comments

On Monday afternoon, I took a 40-minute drive to Terri Lawton’s Oake Knoll Ayrshires farm in nearby Foxboro, MA, to pick up a Thanksgiving turkey. I know it’s not a big deal in the larger scheme of things, to make a special trip to pick up a turkey, but I...

Advocates Explain Why Food Rights Struggle Must Be Built on Community; Behind Zinniker Dairy’s Demise

by David Gumpert | Nov 17, 2012 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation | 40 comments

 What is the essential ingredient enabling farmers and food club operators to successfully resist the seemingly endless government assaults and incursions on private food arrangements?Nearly without exception, it has been community support, according to several...

MDA Stalking of Alvin Schlangen Continues with Alleged Butter Slipup by Undercover Agent; James Stewart Released After 4 Mos in Jail

by David Gumpert | Nov 13, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk | 31 comments

You might think the Minnesota Department of Agriculture would regroup and reassess after being handed its head by a Minneapolis jury that acquitted Alvin Schlangen of misdemeanor charges just two months ago.  But no, the agency is pushing full speed ahead in a...

That Mystery Academic Raw Milk Article Is Back–Here’s How to Interpret Added FDA-Speak; How Prop 37 Rejection Will Affect Food Rights

by David Gumpert | Nov 10, 2012 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation, Research | 8 comments

When last we left the mystery of the disappearing article in an academic newsletter highlighting raw milk’s benefits, it seemed we had been witness to a serious encroachment on academic freedom.Last month, I described the article’s eye-popping statements...

Buttermilk a Possible Antidote to Intestinal Diseases, Pathogens?

by David Gumpert | Nov 5, 2012 | Nutrition, Raw Milk, Research | 31 comments

 The International Milk Genomics Consortium (IMGC) continues to challenge the conventional wisdom about milk. After deleting one of its articles from the October issue about the potential benefits of raw milk, it now has an intriguing article in its November...
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