by David Gumpert | Jun 11, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Erma Hershberger was explaining to me today’s episode of “Life on an Idyllic Wisconsin Dairy Farm”. Around 8 a.m., she and her husband, Vernon, were finishing up a late breakfast, when a couple of cop cars and a car with two inspectors from the...
by David Gumpert | Jun 9, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Vernon Hershberger, the Wisconsin dairyman who last week broke the seals placed on his raw dairy fridges and freezer by the state’s Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, this afternoon received a visit from two agency inspectors and a few...
by David Gumpert | Jun 8, 2010 | Uncategorized |
I’ve been wanting to say something more about the Organic Valley decision to throw raw milk sellers out of the co-op, but the Wisconsin/Vernon Hershberger civil disobedience thing interrupted my musings. Then, when I read through some of the recent comments by...
by David Gumpert | Jun 4, 2010 | Uncategorized |
“This [raw milk] debate has reached the point where the opposing sides are irrevocably dug in and equally unmovable in their convictions. Neither side will back down, and neither side is willing to look for compromise. While one has to respect the passion and...
by David Gumpert | Jun 3, 2010 | Uncategorized |
I saw where the Minneapolis Star Tribune was asking customers of Michael Hartmann’s raw dairy to call in so public health authorities could identify and question them about possible illnesses. The paper didn’t say how many had called, but I would be...
by David Gumpert | May 30, 2010 | Uncategorized |
The media in recent months have been full of articles about raw milk. While many of them now quote proponents of raw milk, the writers color the articles heavily with fear mongering, like this from the Chicago Tribune. Even those written by supposed raw milk drinkers,...
by David Gumpert | May 28, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Google the terms “Hartmann Farm, Gibbon, MN” and you’ll get a good five pages of lawyer and media sites writing that three of four people have become ill from E.coli 0157:H7 in raw milk sold by the dairy. Nearly all the articles are based on an...
by David Gumpert | May 25, 2010 | Uncategorized |
While attention has been riveted on the efforts of Big Dairy to push public officials to roll back or prevent availability of raw milk in states like Wisconsin and Massachusetts, a more ominous trend has been quietly taking shape among the nation’s milk...
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