by David Gumpert | Nov 5, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Francis Thicke, who ran unsuccessfully as Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture. The election results provide some insights into how a variety of issues–like taxes and spending on education, for example–could go. But they tell us very little about how food...
by David Gumpert | Nov 2, 2010 | Uncategorized |
That pioneering, scientifically rigorous study of raw milk’s impact on lactose intolerance I described last April has been completed. I have to admit, I was surprised by the results. I’ve spoken with so many raw milk drinkers who say their lactose...
by David Gumpert | Oct 30, 2010 | Uncategorized |
President Barack Obama with MA Gov. Deval Patrick. (Photo from MSNBC)When I try to make sense out of what is happening to Estrella Family Creamery and Morningland Dairy, about all I can conclude is that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is on a vendetta to...
by David Gumpert | Oct 27, 2010 | Uncategorized |
James Stewart surveys scene at Rawesome Food Club. (Photo by Jennifer Sharpe)I was in Los Angeles over the weekend, so naturally I paid a visit to Rawesome Food Club in the Venice area, not far from the beach. I was struck with how small and unassuming the place...
by David Gumpert | Oct 23, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Yes, I guess it was it was an oversight in my previous post, on the absence of popular opposition to raw milk, to neglect to mention the role of the dairy industry in pushing regulators to take such a hard line on raw dairy. But as long as I’m admitting to...
by David Gumpert | Oct 20, 2010 | Uncategorized |
In the midst of regulator crackdowns on raw milk in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, there are some intriguing signs of accommodation emerging from the smoke and fire. Wisconsin may well be on a path to permit raw milk production after all. Following all the ups and downs...
by David Gumpert | Oct 16, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Sometimes when I read major media financial publications, I think I’m reading something from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control or the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. I especially get this feeling when one or another provide commentary on investing in...
by David Gumpert | Oct 12, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Photo by Jennifer SharpeNearly before the laughs about Rawesome Food Club generated by The Colbert Report last week died out, an internal dispute broke out at Rawesome over the quality and sourcing of some of its food. The quality-sourcing issues aren’t of the...
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