by David Gumpert | Sep 18, 2013 | Food Clubs, Raw Milk, Regulation |
As I watch the debate over raw milk legislation unfold in Wisconsin, I cant help but feel as if Ive seen this movie before….and that it is a version of Groundhog Day. That is the 1993 comedy in which a weatherman covering the Groundhog Day festivities in...
by David Gumpert | Sep 13, 2013 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
Ive been reading through academic papers being presented this weekend at a Yale University conference on food sovereignty. Ive been learning some new terms from reading papers being presented at the conference. One term that rang a bell is the cunning...
by David Gumpert | Aug 20, 2013 | Food Clubs, Legal, News Media, Raids, Raw Milk |
The foreman of the jury that acquitted Wisconsin farmer Vernon Hershberger of all licensing charges is wondering if state lawyers who prosecuted the case should be sanctioned by a bar association for their conduct during the trial last May. He is especially...
by David Gumpert | Aug 15, 2013 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Legal, Regulation |
Were Minnesota farmer Alvin Schlangen’s eggs unsafe because they were sitting out at room temperature for some hours?On Day 2 of Schlangen’s criminal trial yesterday, that was one of the key questions under consideration, as Schlangen took the stand...
by David Gumpert | Aug 14, 2013 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk |
After a notably weak opening-day prosecution of Minnesota farmer Alvin Schlangen, his defense attorney will today file a motion to dismiss the criminal misdemeanor case. Defense lawyer Nathan Hansen will argue that Schlangen has the right to sell food to about...
by David Gumpert | Jul 29, 2013 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids, Regulation |
Its easy to forget in all the dustup between Aajonus Vonderplanitz and Sharon Palmer that her Ventura County farm began as a nearly romantic project back in 2008, supported financially by nearly a dozen Rawesome members and other supporters of locally-produced...
by David Gumpert | Jul 20, 2013 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Whats even sadder than the observations about Rawesome Food Club recalled by Victoria Bloch in the previous post is the fact that the police action against the private food club worked exactly as the government enforcers hoped it would. How do I know? In...
by David Gumpert | Jul 16, 2013 | Food Clubs, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Weve seen over the past year three individuals settle criminal charges growing out of Californias Rawesome Food Club case, with small fines, thus avoiding lengthy trials, huge legal costs, and possible jail terms. Last week, two other legal cases–these...
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