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The “Final Chapter” for Michael Schmidt? A Meeting with Ontario Premier Would End Hunger Strike

by David Gumpert | Oct 19, 2011 | Uncategorized | 36 comments

Canadian raw dairy farmer Michael Schmidt personally delivered a letter to Ontario’s premier, Dalton McGuinty, today. In it, he explains why he is carrying on his hunger strike, and what it will take for him to end it. Schmidt states his position more clearly...

At Its Heart, Schmidt’s Hunger Strike Poses Ultimate Q: Are We Ready to Sacrifice ALL That Is Needed for Right to Choose Foods? New Raid Planned on His Farm?

by David Gumpert | Oct 17, 2011 | Uncategorized | 25 comments

The enormity of Michael Schmidt’s hunger strike is sinking in with more and more people. For one person to put his life on the line so that others might re-gain or keep the right to eat the foods of their choosing–not the government’s...

Michael Schmidt Defies the Authorities, and His Food Rights Friends, to Press Ahead on His Hunger Strike; FDA Will Be Invited to Join “Raw Milk Freedom Riders”

by David Gumpert | Oct 15, 2011 | Uncategorized | 29 comments

Michael SchmidtMichael Schmidt reports that he continues to work full time at his Ontario raw dairy farm, despite having gone 14 days without food, the last seven on just water. When he’s not working the farm, he’s busy speaking at the growing number of...

I Can Explain, Says Sharon Palmer: She Admits to Outsourcing Eggs, But Not Chickens…What Did Rawesome Members Know?

by David Gumpert | Oct 13, 2011 | Uncategorized | 58 comments

Sharon PalmerSharon Palmer has achieved a level of fame in the food rights movement. She’s been raided four times since she moved to the Healthy Family Farm location in Ventura County, the most recent one having taken place August 3, when she was one of three...

Why the Unsteady Birth of the Food Rights Movement Isn’t Always Pretty; More Evidence on the Health Benefits of Raw Milk; Special FTCLDF Promo on Salatin’s New Book

by David Gumpert | Oct 11, 2011 | Uncategorized | 36 comments

Mark McAfee and James Stewart at raw milk rally last Wednesday in Los Angeles. I’ve been fond of telling whomever will listen that the U.S. is  in a war over food rights. But I must amend that. We’re in a guerrilla war over food rights. ...

Rawesome Investigators Used Paid Informants, Pole Cameras–Prosecutor “Doesn’t Want Raw Milk, She Wants Blood”; Here Come the Raw Milk Freedom Riders

by David Gumpert | Oct 7, 2011 | Uncategorized | 89 comments

Defense lawyer Anja Sharma-Wilson outside the courthouse following the Rawesome Three hearing.As the prosecution in the Rawesome Three raw milk/private buying club case dribbles out its evidence, even the experienced criminal lawyers defending the three are astounded...

Here’s a Surprise: Food Sovereignty May Be Coming to L.A. County; Rawesome Hearing Events

by David Gumpert | Oct 5, 2011 | Uncategorized | 22 comments

Aajonus Vonderplanitz testifying before Los Angeles County Board of SupervisorsUntil now, food sovereignty has been a curious idea that has caught on in a few small towns in Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, and most recently, Santa Cruz, CA. But the food sovereignty...

We’d All Like the Perfect Martyrs to Go Out and Protest For, But Life Isn’t Always That Cooperative When You Are Fighting Government Thuggery; Pollan on Raw Milk

by David Gumpert | Oct 2, 2011 | Uncategorized | 68 comments

It sure would be nice if the emerging food rights movement could always pick its spots to protest government brutality and criminality against farmers and food clubs. Note, I am choosing my words carefully here. Yes, when government agents from ten or more agencies...
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