by David Gumpert | May 4, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Of all the things I find upsetting about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s case against Pennyslvania farmer Dan Allgyer (and there are many), the most upsetting is the agency’s admission that its agents entered private residences to pick up their...
by David Gumpert | May 2, 2011 | Uncategorized |
?Following my previous post, Fish in the Water expresses the emotional extremes many of us feel about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s latest assault on our food freedoms. “As a member of the aforementioned club, I have just been absolutely...
by David Gumpert | Apr 29, 2011 | Uncategorized |
When Gen. David Patraeus takes over direction of the Central Intelligence Agency sometime in the next few months, he may want to begin mining the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for some new talent. The FDA sent a number of its agents into undercover mode to gather...
by David Gumpert | Apr 26, 2011 | Uncategorized |
I look at the illness outbreak blamed on Texas’ largest raw dairy, and I’m mystified. It happened at a dairy with apparently impeccable cleanliness and serious attention to safety. We don’t know much beyond what Texas health authorities say about the...
by David Gumpert | Apr 22, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Todd Moore (second from left) and family being recognized at a livestock show. On the face of it, the case against Lavon Farms looks open and shut. Milk from the Plano, TX, raw dairy, the largest in the state, has been genetically linked to four illnesses from...
by David Gumpert | Apr 20, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Indian students crowd exhibits at the Gandhi Museum in Mumbai. One of the more moving experiences during my travels in India was visiting the Gandhi Museum in Mumbai. It’s plain–basically, a modest home in a nice area of Mumbai…low tech, as well,...
by David Gumpert | Apr 18, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Sitting here in LimboWaiting for the dice to roll.Yeah, now, sitting here in Limbo,Still got some time to search my soul.Meanwhile, they’re putting up a resistance,But I know that my faith will lead me on.The verse above, from reggae singer Jimmy Cliff’s...
by David Gumpert | Apr 15, 2011 | Uncategorized |
I’ve been trying to get back in the swing of things after being away for a month–recovering from jet lag, unpacking, going through mail, paying overlooked bills, re-stocking the fridge and all that sort of thing. I haven’t felt like doing...
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