by David Gumpert | Jul 2, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Aajonus VonderplanitzThe food police have increased the heat on private providers of nutrient-dense foods, raiding and shutting down Rawesome Foods, a Venice, CA, buying club run by raw-food advocate Aajonus Vonderplanitz. In addition, the authorities have gone after...
by David Gumpert | Jun 28, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Any politician or regulator worth his previous year’s pension credits knows how to take a minor incident, or even create an incident out of nothing, so as to rile up the masses and divert them from their real problems. Russian and Polish politicians were experts...
by David Gumpert | Jun 25, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Six months ago I wrote a post wondering how long my access to commercially produced kombucha would last. Now I have the answer: six months. This morning, I went to a local Whole Foods looking to replenish my supply of GT’s multigreen kombucha. (In light of Whole...
by David Gumpert | Jun 22, 2010 | Uncategorized |
I had a special treat on Sunday, spending time with Margaret and Stuart Osha, owners of the Turkey Hill Farm in Randolph, VT (as well as with Cathy Raymond of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, who was visiting). And it wasn’t just the amazing food they...
by David Gumpert | Jun 19, 2010 | Uncategorized |
The struggle over raw milk is intensifying in two neighboring states–Minnesota and Wisconsin–in different scenarios. First, Minnesota, where authorities have launched a quick and aggressive counter-blitz against raw milk consumers. I’ll admit,...
by David Gumpert | Jun 17, 2010 | Uncategorized |
In April, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was dismissive of any claims consumers might think they have on so-called “food rights.” Consumers have “no absolute right to consume or feed children any particular kind of food,” the...
by David Gumpert | Jun 16, 2010 | Uncategorized |
I’d like to make a few further comments in regard to the discussion following my previous post giving credence to the Minnesota Department of Health’s conclusions about illnesses from the Hartmann farm’s raw milk. What’s fundamentally being...
by David Gumpert | Jun 13, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Scott Trautman’s planned raw milk group can’t get here soon enough for me–“an alternate – FUNCTIONAL – SAFE – system, without DATCP, without FDA,” he wrote following my previus post. “Inspect ourselves, train...
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