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“Michael Schmidt Paralysis” Is Proving Contagious: The Emergence of a Moral Authority

by David Gumpert | Jun 14, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Resistance | 23 comments

 There’s a new strain of illness making the rounds of Canada’s rulers. Call it “Michael Schmidt Paralysis.” You don’t 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...

Ron Klein Barely Survives Bull Attack; Vonderplanitz Attacks Messenger; New Rand Paul Initiative; NPR on Raw Dairy & Allergies

by David Gumpert | Jun 12, 2012 | Food Safety, News Media, Nutrition, Regulation, Research | 63 comments

 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...

MO Farmer Plans Public Distribution of Raw Milk, in Defiance of Cease and Desist

by David Gumpert | Jun 7, 2012 | Legal, Nutrition, Regulation, Resistance | 84 comments

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...

Lessons from John Edwards Case: Why Prosecutors in Rawesome and MN Food Rights Cases Are Desperate to Avoid Juries

by David Gumpert | Jun 4, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Regulation | 78 comments

The pathetic case of the former senator and vice presidential candidate, John Edwards, is one most of us would just as soon forget about, preferring to file it away as just another sad episode in our political system’s steady descent into tawdriness and...

Bans on Raw Milk Have Worked So Well, Why Not Extend Them to Junk Food? Debating Debates

by David Gumpert | Jun 1, 2012 | Food Safety, Regulation | 33 comments

 I was at a food safety conference a few years back that focused on raw milk, and one state public health official concluded his remarks by saying, to effect, “I personally don’t see why we spend all this time going after raw milk. If people are going to be...

The Defeat of Sen. Rand Paul’s Amendment on FDA Cops Serves As Another American Civics Teaching Moment

by David Gumpert | May 29, 2012 | Legal, Regulation, Resistance | 37 comments

Lots of people were discouraged because Sen. Rand Paul’s proposed amendment to reign in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was overwhelmingly defeated last week. It would have prohibited FDA agents from carrying weapons and making arrests as well as liberalized the...

Where Will the First Case of Child Abuse for Serving “Dangerous” Food Originate?

by David Gumpert | May 24, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Nutrition, Regulation, Resistance | 43 comments

When I wrote about the case of parents suing Minnesota farmer Michael Hartmann in connection with their child’s alleged illness from raw milk, and the judge’s suggestion the parents might bear  some responsibility for their child’s illness, I assumed the...

Shades of Gray: Why A Journalist’s Reporting on MN Raw Milk Won’t Get a Lot of Accolades from Either Side

by David Gumpert | May 21, 2012 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, News Media, Regulation | 99 comments

 There have been many newspaper articles about raw milk over the last few years, and they nearly all use the same presentation formula. They begin with an example of a farmer producing raw milk for many happy customers. Then the narrative switches to all the...
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