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Sitting in Limbo, Awash in Anxiety, Waiting for COVID-19 Dust to Clear

by David Gumpert | Apr 2, 2020 | What's New | 49 comments

Sitting here in limbo Waiting for the dice to roll, Sitting here in limbo Got some time to search my soul from “Sitting in Limbo,” by Jimmy Cliff  Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff’s classic song comes to mind frequently these days. As I watch replays of the Boston Red...

Beyond Coronavirus–A Radical New Future, Good Old Days, or Both?

by David Gumpert | Mar 23, 2020 | What's New | 38 comments

At different times on this blog, readers have harkened back to “the good old days”—when people knew their neighbors, local farmers raised much of the nation’s food, doctors made house calls, and crises like wars brought people together.  Trying to make sense of...

Is Public Health Partly a Victim of Its Past Arrogance?

by David Gumpert | Mar 14, 2020 | What's New | 26 comments

For several days now, I’ve wanted to write something about the confusion surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. But each time I begin to write, the situation just gets more confusing, and alarming.  I’ll just say upfront that I’ve dreaded, from the time the...

Why Aren’t We Being Advised to Strengthen Our Immune Systems against Coronavirus?

by David Gumpert | Feb 27, 2020 | What's New | 54 comments

The media are full of advice about how to prepare for and avoid the corona virus, such as these articles in the New York Times and Washington Post. They include instructions on thoroughly washing hands, suggestions for what over-the-counter drugs to have on hand, and...

Very Quietly, the Risks of Getting Sick from Raw Milk Are Going Down

by David Gumpert | Feb 3, 2020 | What's New | 80 comments

I almost hate to say it too loud, but there sure hasn’t been a lot of news over the last year or so about raw milk outbreaks.  It may well not be my imagination, because there’s a new study out suggesting that ever-more-widespread good-hygiene practices are...

Buzzards Circling Ever Lower Over Amos Miller’s PA Farm

by David Gumpert | Dec 18, 2019 | What's New | 77 comments

The regulatory news is becoming ever more ominous for Amos Miller, the Amish Pennsylvania farmer who serves many hundreds of food club members around the country with fresh dairy and meat products. Or maybe not.  Photo from Buffalo Bill Center of the West It’s...

A Different Sort of Writing, My First Novel Is Born

by David Gumpert | Dec 9, 2019 | What's New | 45 comments

I’ve been spending lots of time over the last few years on a very different sort of writing project for me: my first novel. It’s a major reason I haven’t been able to post as often or keep up as closely as I would have liked about real-food developments. Now, at long...

The Pleasant Seductiveness of Delusion, in Food Politics and Real Politics

by David Gumpert | Nov 29, 2019 | What's New | 55 comments

Aajonus Vonderplanitz Psst, wanna know what really happened to Aajonus Vonderplanitz, the raw-food guru who was reported to have died in a fall from the deck of his home in Thailand in 2013?  One of his raw food devotees, Richard Huynh, is trying to make the case...
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