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What Are the Appropriate Limits for Crusading Parents Amid Political Correctness?

by David Gumpert | Sep 27, 2011 | Uncategorized | 32 comments

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...

Here’s Why Just Breaking Even on Pasteurized Milk Sales Is Crucial to Dairy Industry, and Blinds Regulators to the Raw Milk Benefits Shown in New Study; Protesting Judge’s Ruling

by David Gumpert | Sep 25, 2011 | Uncategorized | 38 comments

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...

I’ve Seen “Farmageddon”, and I Can See Much More Clearly Now How a Few Heroes Are Showing the Way

by David Gumpert | Sep 21, 2011 | Uncategorized | 31 comments

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...

In Vernon Hershberger’s Decision “Not to Join in Their Game,” But Rely on Local Support for Raw Milk Distribution…a Way Around the WI Bossman?

by David Gumpert | Sep 19, 2011 | Uncategorized | 20 comments

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...

Hey, Boy…Yeah, You, WI Farmer…Meet Your New Bossman, Steve Ingham, and Remember, He’s “Massuh” to You

by David Gumpert | Sep 17, 2011 | Uncategorized | 28 comments

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...

WI Judge to Zinniker, FTCLDF: No “Fundamental Right” to Own a Cow, or Consume Its Milk…Am I Making Myself Clear?

by David Gumpert | Sep 15, 2011 | Uncategorized | 37 comments

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...

Looking Into Not-Too-Distant Future, Joel Salatin Sees the Spectre of Animal Rights Haunting Small Farms; Error on Wayne Craig in WI? Good Housekeeping on Food Safety

by David Gumpert | Sep 12, 2011 | Rights | 45 comments

Believe it or not, there’s a food issue lurking out there beyond food rights and food safety. Joel Salatin, the Virginia farmer-author-activist is worried that that next issue is animal rights. He’s already seeing evidence of it at Polyface Farm, his own...

Drunk with Power, FDA Moves to Ban Many Nutritional Supplements: Is Your Favorite Among those Targeted?

by David Gumpert | Sep 10, 2011 | Uncategorized | 37 comments

One of the distinguishing features of autocrats is that in their frenzy to eliminate enemies, they never finish their work. There are always more enemies lurking in this corner or that. Old-fashioned dictators like Josef Stalin or Saddam Hussein used to go after...

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