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Colorado Public Health Officials Go On the Warpath–A Farm Store Shut Down, Milk Producers Receive Cease-and-Desist Orders, Customers “In Tears” Over Food Losses

by David Gumpert | Jan 5, 2011 | Uncategorized | 35 comments

For 18 years, Phil Haynes has been selling his ranch’s buffalo meat through a store at the ranch, Rocky Plains Quality Meats, outside the northern Colorado town of Dacono. Over the years, he opened a second store in nearby Loveland and added pork and chicken...

NY Ag Officials Dance and Shuffle–Anything to Avoid Having Their Lab Workers Publicly Quizzed About Listeria Findings

by David Gumpert | Jan 3, 2011 | Uncategorized | 63 comments

Chuck PhippenIt’s often said the wheels of justice turn slowly. In the case of Chuck Phippen, a New York producer of raw milk, they turn not only slowly, but in convoluted fashion as well. I first wrote about Chuck Phippen’s strange encounters with the New...

Out of the Loop: Proposed Raw Milk Standards Are Nearly Ready for Review, Says Tim Wightman–Beyond “Food Inc.”

by David Gumpert | Dec 30, 2010 | Uncategorized | 86 comments

?”It’s all about risk and it’s all about letting adults take risks and it’s all about us as a society being willing to do the things that made this country great. I’m worried about us.” Gov. Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania expressing his...

Maybe It’s Time to Let Go of Conspiracy Theories, and Focus on Avoiding Raw Milk Problems That Give Authorities Ammo

by David Gumpert | Dec 26, 2010 | Uncategorized | 69 comments

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...

Key Lesson in Judge’s Ruling Against Michael Hartmann: Don’t Go to Court with a Bunch of Illnesses on Your Watch

by David Gumpert | Dec 23, 2010 | Uncategorized | 87 comments

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...

What’s It Mean for a Suburban Mom to Become Target of Food Police? In MN, Home Search, Questioning of Neighbors, Threat of Criminal Prosecution

by David Gumpert | Dec 21, 2010 | Uncategorized | 54 comments

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...

How Convincing Is the Evidence for Destroying Morningland Dairy’s Entire Cheese Inventory?

by David Gumpert | Dec 20, 2010 | Uncategorized | 9 comments

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...

Finally, an In-Depth Look at Raw Milk Cheese; Ahem, About That Food Safety Crisis Congress Is About to Respond To

by David Gumpert | Dec 16, 2010 | Uncategorized | 52 comments

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...

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