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How FDA and State Regulators Have Turned into “Bouncers,” Just With Better Benefits; Misusing WI Illnesses

by David Gumpert | Jun 26, 2011 | Uncategorized | 60 comments

If you’ve ever been in a restaurant or club patrolled by bouncers, you know the system of justice is uneven. If you somehow violate the club rules–maybe are a little unruly, or try to converse with the entertainers–the punishment usually varies...

Amazing…Just As Story of WI Kids Sickened By Raw Milk Gets Interesting, the Food Safety Hysterics Fade Into the Woodwork…Did I Hear Someone Say “Hypocrisy”?

by David Gumpert | Jun 23, 2011 | Uncategorized | 60 comments

In golf, when you slice the ball into the other fairway, or dribble it into a pond, you may decide to take a “mulligan”–pretend the errant shot didn’t happen and just take another shot. The state of Wisconsin seems to have decided to take a...

A Look at Food Safety Through the Prism of a Dumpster Diver (Hint, He’s Not Afraid of Too Much)

by David Gumpert | Jun 21, 2011 | Uncategorized | 21 comments

Given the intensity of political discussion of late, I think it’s time for a change of pace. We get that change from northern Vermont author-farmer Ben Hewitt in an excerpt from his new book, “Making Supper Safe”. Reading through it, I was...

Morningland Case Demonstrates Why Private Food Groups Need to Dot Their I’s and Cross Their T’s, WI Raw Milk Illnesses; Response to CNN Ban Proposal; “Farmageddon”

by David Gumpert | Jun 18, 2011 | Uncategorized | 43 comments

The matter of people organizing privately to obtain their food is clearly a sensitive one to the judiciary, as was clear in my previous post. And for good reason: it gets to the issue of control. Who controls people, and what they buy? If they are organized privately,...

Morningland Dairy’s Go-Private Approach After Cheese Condemned Termed “Barren Path to Nowhere” by Judge; Ag Bigwigs Oppose MA Herdshare Push

by David Gumpert | Jun 15, 2011 | Uncategorized | 47 comments

Denise Dixon of Morningland Dairy, outside Howell County Courthouse.For those seeking hints for how the judicial winds might be blowing on go-private approaches to distributing nutrient-dense food, a Missouri judge provided some strong ones yesterday. Unfortunately,...

Old-Fashioned Power Grab? FTCLDF Argues in New Court Brief That FDA Push to Eliminate Raw Milk Amounts to Illegal Mandate Forcing Pasteurized Milk on Americans

by David Gumpert | Jun 13, 2011 | Uncategorized | 30 comments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking a lot of heat about its undercover investigation and court action against Pennsylvania Amish farmer Daniel Allgyer. The FDA’s number-two , Michael (Son of Monsanto) Taylor, was even asked about the matter at a...

FDA to the Rescue on Arsenic in Chicken…60-Plus Years Late; Maine Legislature Opts for Food Sovereignty; MA Raw Milk Hearings; Former Regulator Pushes for “Choice”

by David Gumpert | Jun 10, 2011 | Uncategorized | 7 comments

I’ve long avoided chicken and beef when eating in restaurants. I’ve just assumed the meat comes from animals loaded with antibiotics and other things I’d rather not know about. We’re learning more about those “other things.” The...

Learning to Live on a “War” Footing: Louisville Buying Club Knows Better Than to Revel in Its Success; New Theory on Europe Outbreak; FDA “Evidence” on Raw Milk

by David Gumpert | Jun 7, 2011 | Uncategorized | 31 comments

When an inspector from the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness slapped a quarantine on 76 half gallons of raw milk about to be picked up by members of a local buying club ten days ago, the action seemed to come out of the blue. But John Moody,...

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