by David Gumpert | Oct 1, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Demonstrators on Wall Street.Hugh Betcha suggested that it sometimes seems on this blog as if it’s still 2007, and I think he has a valid point. Certainly one attitude that was strong back then was the sense that judges would uphold the banner of food rights....
by David Gumpert | Sep 29, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Michael SchmidtWhile expressing sympathy for the arguments of raw milk drinkers and producers, an Ontario appeals judge has nonetheless reversed dairy farmer Michael Schmidt’s exoneration nearly two years ago on charges of violating the province’s dairy...
by David Gumpert | Sep 27, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Mary Martin with husban Tony and son Chris, in 2009. A few people here have raised the question I’ve been thinking: Why is Mary Martin inserting her daily remembrances of her son’s illness five years ago into each blog discussion of the past month? The...
by David Gumpert | Sep 25, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Why does the dairy industry push the U.S. Food and Drug Administration so hard to crack down on raw dairy producers? The dairy industry seems to be mostly in the background, and any publicly-offered reasoning is always to the effect that illnesses from raw dairy taint...
by David Gumpert | Sep 21, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Kristin CantyI saw Kristin Candy’s documentary “Farmageddon” last Friday, when it opened in Boston (including having the privilege of introducing the producer to the film audience). Even though I knew about all the cases of hit-upon farmers and food...
by David Gumpert | Sep 19, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Vernon HershbergerA few people here have wondered what’s up with Vernon Hershberger, a Wisconsin dairy farmer who resorted to civil disobedience 15 months ago rather than knuckle under to the the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer...
by David Gumpert | Sep 17, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Wisconsin DATCP Bossman, Steve InghamJudge Patrick Fiedler’s decision on the Zinniker and Craig case, and his declaration that we have no right to own a cow or consume its milk, should make clear to Wisconsin farmers that there’s a new order, and a new...
by David Gumpert | Sep 15, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Judge Patrick J. FiedlerThose raw milk proponents advocating “teach, teach, teach” may want to enroll Wisconsin Judge Patrick J. Fiedler in their first class–in the kindergarten section. In response to a request from the Farm-to-Consumer Legal...
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