by David Gumpert | May 11, 2011 | Uncategorized |
It’s not a great time to be trying to convince raw milk advocates–farmers and consumers alike–about the importance of a heightened emphasis on safety. Not at a time when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which frequently argues that raw milk...
by David Gumpert | May 9, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Pierre Jean Laupies, the French-trained chef at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Bloomington, MNIf Minnesota foodies and farmers occasionally get the feeling they’re being watched closely by Big Brother, maybe it’s because they are. Last Thursday, the day...
by David Gumpert | May 6, 2011 | Uncategorized |
?I’m trying to imagine the meeting at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Wednesday where the matter of “adjusting” the agency’s Facebook page came up. Presumably three or four assistant commissioners met with the resident geek, and the...
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...
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