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Rawesome Case Disappearing Act: Two Defendants in L.A. County Case Settle with Small Fines

by David Gumpert | Sep 8, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids, Raw Milk | 83 comments

Almost like a mirage, the Rawesome Food Club case seems to be disappearing before our eyes. A big chunk of it vaporized Friday when two defendants–Sharon Palmer and Victoria Bloch–settled the charges filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney...

CA Herdshare Issue May Get Quicker Legal Appraisal Than Expected in Upcoming Rawesome Hearing

by David Gumpert | Sep 6, 2012 | Legal, Raids, Raw Milk | 19 comments

For months, tedious negotiations have dragged on between the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and a group of dairy farmers over the protocol for herdshares in the state. Some hundreds of tiny California dairies offer herdshare arrangements,...

CFS Refuses to Let Sleeping Dogs Lie–Pushes Suit Forcing FDA to Go After Small Food Producers

by David Gumpert | Sep 3, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Regulation | 29 comments

The Center for Food Safety has filed suit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over its alleged failure to enforce the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).  You may remember the FSMA–it’s the contentious law enacted in early 2011 that gives...

I Expect WI Prosecutors in Hershberger Case to Fear Monger About Raw Milk, But Mother Jones?

by David Gumpert | Aug 30, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation, Research | 143 comments

The principle of private food should get a test in front of a jury of ordinary citizens when raw dairy farmer Vernon Hershbeger goes on trial in Wisconsin on  Jan. 7.  I should say the principle should get a test, because initial indications are that the...

Might the FDA, In Its Vendetta Against a Raw Milk Cheese Maker, Possibly Stub Its Toe By Interfering with Local Production?

by David Gumpert | Aug 27, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 21 comments

At first glance, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s two-year legal assault on Estrella Family Creamery in Washington state appears entirely vindictive.  The FDA seems intent on using its enormous enforcement powers to cruelly stomp on and...

How I Look Past the Negativity, and Stay Positive, and Committed, in the Food Rights Struggle

by David Gumpert | Aug 21, 2012 | Uncategorized | 55 comments

By Liz ReitzigThis is Part 2 of Liz Reitzig’s guest post.One of the things I do to help people access real foods in my area is I help run a buying club that makes local deliveries of real, non-GMO foods. About two and a half years ago, the U.S. Food and Drug...

A Salute to the Real Heroes of the Food Rights Struggle–And How to Back Them Up

by David Gumpert | Aug 16, 2012 | Legal, Raids, Regulation | 52 comments

Liz Reitzig has, over the last few years, become a national leader of America’s rapidly expanding food rights movement. She is the co-coordinator of Grassfed on the Hill buying club serving the greater Washington, DC, area, and co-founder of the Farm Food Freedom...

Straight Talk about Outsourcing, and Where It Fits in to the Food Rights Movement

by David Gumpert | Aug 13, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 26 comments

Aajonus Vonderplanitz and Amanda Rose don’t at first glance have a lot in common when it comes to food politics. Vonderplanitz is adamant about private food rights, while Rose seems much less politically oriented on the issue.  But interestingly, both have...
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