by David Gumpert | Nov 24, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Two raw dairy farmers–Richard Hebron and David Hochstetler–have been ordered to appear before a federal grand jury in Detroit in connection with what an assistant U.S. attorney calls a “federal criminal investigation.” The investigation may...
by David Gumpert | Nov 21, 2011 | Uncategorized |
The Wisconsin attorney general’s office sent dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger a little invite this past week. It came from an assistant attorney general, Eric D. Defort. “I am writing to invite you to meet with me at the Sauk County Sheriff’s...
by David Gumpert | Nov 17, 2011 | Uncategorized |
How strongly will the town of Blue Hill, Maine, and food sovereignty supporters,(not necessarily in that order) stand up to the state’s pressure to push the town aside while it prosecutes a local farmer for selling raw milk and other foods directly to town...
by David Gumpert | Nov 16, 2011 | What's New |
Organic Pastures Dairy Co., the nation’s largest raw dairy said it is recalling all its raw dairy products after it was informed by public health authorities that five children were sickened by E.coli 0157:H7. Three were hospitalized with hemolytic uremic...
by David Gumpert | Nov 14, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Ontario dairy farmer Michael Schmidt ended his hunger strike more than a week ago, but he just ate his first solid food yesterday, at the banquet dinner of the Weston A. Price Foundation’s Wise Traditions Conference in Dallas. He didn’t partake in the...
by David Gumpert | Nov 12, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Brigitte Ruthman is a Massachusetts dairy farmer who just received a second Cease-and-Desist order from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources. (Here is the story of her first one, received 15 months ago.) In this guest post, she seeks to interpret...
by David Gumpert | Nov 9, 2011 | Uncategorized |
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week showed a rare soft side to consumers, by stepping back from enforcement on demonstrators of its ban on interstate raw milk shipments. It’s important that all involved in fighting for food rights appreciate that...
by David Gumpert | Nov 5, 2011 | Uncategorized |
It’s been a good week for the emerging Food Rights movement. Today, day 37 of dairy farmer Michael Schmidt’s hunger strike, he met with Ontario’s premier, Dalton McGuinty. It seems Schmidt was meeting with the premier’s chief of staff this...
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