by David Gumpert | Dec 26, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Let’s see, if I was going to be involved in a real-life conspiracy to alter government behavior, what would I want to do? For starters, I might arrange for Mark McAfee to become head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Then, I might work on getting...
by David Gumpert | Dec 23, 2010 | Uncategorized |
The Hartmann Farm. Michael Hartmann’s legal challenge to Minnesota authorities over confiscation of his dairy farm’s products last May was totally rejected by a state judge. The case was tried over several weeks last August, but the judge only yesterday...
by David Gumpert | Dec 21, 2010 | Uncategorized |
For consumers of nutrient-dense foods who have assumed that it’s only farmers and managers of food clubs who are at risk in the growing good-food clampdown, the story of Rae Lynn Sandvig may help set things straight. Sandvig is a suburban mother of four who...
by David Gumpert | Dec 20, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Morningland Dairy, the small Missouri cheese producer caught up in spillover from the June 30 raid of Rawesome Food Club, has begun a legal journey that it hopes will allow it to get back into business. Morningland has been in business for thirty years without any...
by David Gumpert | Dec 16, 2010 | Uncategorized |
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has suggested on several occasions over the last few years that there are safety issues associated with raw milk cheeses. It has further suggested it wants to lengthen, or do away entirely with the current 60-day aging requirement...
by David Gumpert | Dec 14, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Now we’re told the Minnesota Department of Agriculture agent with the beret seizing people’s milk last Tuesday is a disabled veteran. His name is Jim Roettger, and he’s also the guy who signed the search warrant that allowed the seizure of milk, and...
by David Gumpert | Dec 11, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Before I explore the latest controversy to have come out of Tuesday’s highly public raid of the Hartmann Farm delivery, I should report that the Hartmann Farm, half a dozen of its customers, and the Foundation for Consumer Free Choice have filed suit in state...
by David Gumpert | Dec 10, 2010 | Uncategorized |
I’ve been monitoring some of the reactions coming out of Minnesota from the raid Tuesday on the Hartmann milk, and this one is typical: “I am just shocked. I can’t believe this happened. If this would have happened at my milk pick-up, it would have...
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