by David Gumpert | Nov 24, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids, Resistance |
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...
by David Gumpert | Nov 21, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids, Regulation |
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...
by David Gumpert | Nov 17, 2012 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation |
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...
by David Gumpert | Nov 13, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk |
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...
by David Gumpert | Nov 10, 2012 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation, Research |
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...
by David Gumpert | Nov 5, 2012 | Nutrition, Raw Milk, Research |
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...
by David Gumpert | Nov 2, 2012 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation |
I want to thank Jilly B for sharing with us at least some of the difficulties she has faced since her two-year-old daughter became seriously ill from raw milk. We don’t know the whole story, but we know enough to appreciate that her daughter and entire...
by David Gumpert | Oct 29, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
The toughest part of launching any new business or organization is getting those first few believers to come on board, and then talk you up to the bulk of other prospective customers or members. Now, more than a year into its launch, the Raw Milk Institute...
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