by David Gumpert | Jun 29, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Regulation |
The good-cop-bad-cop routine is one of the oldest in law enforcement. Talk with me, goes the advice to the criminal suspect from the nice-guy cop, or I’ll send in our junk yard dog, and you don’t want to deal with him. Lord knows what...
by David Gumpert | Jun 26, 2012 | Food Safety, Nutrition, Regulation |
Sometimes I wonder if our expanding inclination to ban foods says something about our do-gooder nature, or our bullying nature. Last month, I wrote about how Massachusetts PTAs were so upset about sugary-food bans they got the state legislature...
by David Gumpert | Jun 23, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Regulation, Resistance |
Over nearly two decades of fighting for the right to access raw milk, Michael Schmidt has become legendary for his persistent promotion of dialog with reluctant regulators and politicians. He went on a hunger strike last fall that he ended after five weeks when his...
by David Gumpert | Jun 22, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Regulation |
Cryptosporidium, or “crypto,” as it’s commonly known, is a nasty parasite that causes diarrhea and other stomach upset. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control says that, “While this parasite can be spread in several different ways,...
by David Gumpert | Jun 18, 2012 | Legal, Regulation, Resistance |
Two more Maine townsAppleton and Livermore– have passed food sovereignty ordinances in the last few days during the current town meeting season. This brings to eight the total number that have legally sanctioned private food sales by local farmers over the last...
by David Gumpert | Jun 14, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Resistance |
Theres a new strain of illness making the rounds of Canadas rulers. Call it Michael Schmidt Paralysis. You dont wish health problems on your enemies, but news that a second British Columbia prosecutor has bowed out of a major raw milk hearing against dairy...
by David Gumpert | Jun 12, 2012 | Food Safety, News Media, Nutrition, Regulation, Research |
Even veteran farmers occasionally receive cruel unexpected reminders about the dangers of handling livestock. Ron Klein, a Michigan dairy farmer who comments here, barely survived repeated attacks by one of his bulls late last month. In fact, when you read the...
by David Gumpert | Jun 7, 2012 | Legal, Nutrition, Regulation, Resistance |
The latest tactic in impeding raw milk distribution–harassing farmers using drop sites–seems to be spreading from Minnesota to Missouri. And like in Minnesota, where many of the ten consumer drop site hosts warned by regulators recently are...
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