by David Gumpert | Jan 11, 2012 | Uncategorized |
I’ve had some trouble writing this post. I keep starting it, and then someone posts an intriguing comment that takes me off in yet another direction, and I start over again. I started off wanting to relate the Obama Administration’s response to a petition...
by David Gumpert | Jan 7, 2012 | Uncategorized |
The Raw Milk Institute has already in its young life raised a number of provocative questions. Should it be about lobbying or not? How will its standards be developed? Is it about publicly or privately available milk…or both? It is the last question that is...
by David Gumpert | Jan 4, 2012 | Uncategorized |
What is the mark of a vibrant movement? For the food rights movement in 2011, at least, it seems to be the frequency of major disruptions, or what I would call “shock events.” These include court decisions, government enforcement actions, and internal...
by David Gumpert | Jan 1, 2012 | Uncategorized |
The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund is asking a federal judge to intervene and halt three separate efforts to enforce the ban on interstate raw milk shipments. The organization has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against the U.S. Food and Drug...
by David Gumpert | Dec 29, 2011 | Uncategorized |
The fledgling Raw Milk Institute is in trouble. The grandiose plan for a national organization that will at once establish raw milk production standards, educate farmers on improving their safety protocols, lobby for raw milk legislative expansion, and back research...
by David Gumpert | Dec 26, 2011 | Uncategorized |
I am fortunate that I have a few raw milk buying options. I spend a fair amount of time in New Hampshire, and there I have a favorite farm where I can buy wonderful milk from a farmer who carefully tends to several grass-fed guernseys. The milk is very creamy and...
by David Gumpert | Dec 22, 2011 | Uncategorized |
I can remember when I was a kid, and visiting guests were expected momentarily, my sister and I would be admonished by my parents not to “fight in front of the company.” Raw milk supporters in Wisconsin and Minnesota are on the verge of fighting in front...
by David Gumpert | Dec 19, 2011 | Uncategorized |
The Harvard Business School is always on the lookout for interesting business case studies to help teach its high-powered students about the latest trends in business management. I’m going to nominate Organic Pastures Dairy Co. for consideration as an HBS...
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