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The Public Agony of Edwin Shank–“It Was Us,” He Says, in Accepting MD Findings of Campylobacter in His Dairy’s Milk

by David Gumpert | Feb 3, 2012 | Uncategorized | 94 comments

The last week or so has been a terrible time for Edwin Shank and his family, along with twenty or more of his raw milk customers. The suspicions that his dairy’s milk was behind an outbreak of campylobacter were confirmed when the Maryland Department of Health...

How’s This for a Change of Pace: Sheriff Who Challenged Feds for Amish Raw Dairy Farmer Receives Award for “Meritorious Valor”; CA Sheriff Vows to Protect Herdshares

by David Gumpert | Feb 1, 2012 | Uncategorized | 28 comments

One of the best ways to get elected county sheriff these days is to campaign against the encroachments by the federal government on basic rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. And then, to act on your campaign agenda…well, that could win you an award. A...

Vernon Hershberger to Judge: “I Would Much Rather Spend the Rest of My Life Behind Bars or Even Die Than To Be Found Guilty of Such a Gross Sin…”

by David Gumpert | Jan 30, 2012 | Uncategorized | 26 comments

I obtained a text of Wisconsin dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger’s full statement to the judge in criminal court on Friday. It explains more clearly how he realized he erred by signing a bail agreement to discontinue supplying his food club, and where he is headed...

Hurry Up and Wait: Rawesome Three Get Used to Criminal Justice System; FTCLDF Rejected on Prelim Injunction

by David Gumpert | Jan 28, 2012 | Uncategorized | 8 comments

Whatever happened to the Rawesome Three (James Stewart, Sharon Palmer, Victoria Bloch)? Whatever happened to the felony case against the Rawesome Three? Whatever happened to Rawesome Food Club?The door is locked and a protest sign adorns Rawesome Food Club in Venice,...

Will Herdshares Be Legalized in CA? CDFAs Chief Vet Expresses Optimism About Continuing Negotiations; False Alarm on Brucellosis in MA

by David Gumpert | Jan 27, 2012 | Uncategorized | 36 comments

There are any number of reasons why the negotiations over herdshares taking place in California—between owners of small dairies and the state’s Department of Food and Agriculture– over the last few months should not work. Many tiny dairies dispensing...

Food Pathogen Mystery in MA: How Did Dairy Farmer Robert Kilmer Contract Brucellosis? WI DATCP Warns of New Actions with FDA, Hershberger Files for Dismissal of Criminal Charges

by David Gumpert | Jan 23, 2012 | Uncategorized | 46 comments

The fear-mongering echo chamber that is the Internet’s food safety arena is abuzz with news about a Massachusetts raw milk drinker who contracted brucellosis. The MarlerClark law firm’s Food Poison Journal headlines, “Twin Rivers Farm Raw Milk Linked...

New CA Public Health Report Further Links Illnesses to OPDC; McAfee Argues Fermenting May Have Exacerbated Tainting

by David Gumpert | Jan 20, 2012 | What's New | 89 comments

The California Department of Public Health has genetically matched E.coli 0157:H7 that sickened five children, ages one to five years old, with water and manure samples taken from a calf holding area at Organic Pastures Dairy Co. The agency speculates that...

Why Conflict Over RAWMI Need Not Hurt Food Rights Movement; One Organization’s Mission Statement

by David Gumpert | Jan 16, 2012 | Uncategorized | 75 comments

The unsettling news about questionable factory foods just keeps coming.A few days ago, it was Coca Cola saying it found a fungicide in orange juice it produces in Brazil for sale in the U.S. A few days before that, the USDA was proposing to approve GMO corn that will...
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