by David Gumpert | Sep 27, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Resistance |
On Tuesday, James Stewart, the jailed founder and principal of Rawesome Food Co., was offered a deal by the Ventura County prosecutor: Plead guilty to 14 of 37 counts of fraud and securities violations, and you’ll receive a six-month jail sentence. The two...
by David Gumpert | Sep 24, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, News Media, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
The 250 or so people attending my presentation Saturday on “America’s Underground Food War” at the Mother Earth News Fair in Pennsylvania broke into applause when I told them, near the end of the talk, that Alvin Schlangen had been acquitted of all...
by David Gumpert | Sep 20, 2012 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Legal, Raids, Raw Milk |
A jury of six ordinary Americans did something no judge, federal or state, has been willing to do anywhere in the country, whether in New York, California, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Maryland, or Wisconsin–it ruled in favor of a farmer-food club operator...
by David Gumpert | Sep 19, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Former Rawesome Food Club manager James Stewart received bad news today when a Ventura County judge rejected his request that charges against him in connection with the acquisition of Sharon Palmer’s farm in 2008 be dropped. Even though ...
by David Gumpert | Sep 13, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Regulation |
Minnesota farmer Alvin Schlangen goes on trial beginning Monday in Minneapolis in what could be a test case for farmers who make raw milk and other food available privately to members. The case is comprised of four misdemeanor counts alleging that...
by David Gumpert | Sep 8, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids, Raw Milk |
Almost like a mirage, the Rawesome Food Club case seems to be disappearing before our eyes. A big chunk of it vaporized Friday when two defendants–Sharon Palmer and Victoria Bloch–settled the charges filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney...
by David Gumpert | Aug 13, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Aajonus Vonderplanitz and Amanda Rose don’t at first glance have a lot in common when it comes to food politics. Vonderplanitz is adamant about private food rights, while Rose seems much less politically oriented on the issue. But interestingly, both have...
by David Gumpert | Jul 30, 2012 | Food Clubs, Raids, Raw Milk |
Last March, there was a three-day preliminary hearing in Ventura County about the allegations of fraud against James Stewart and two other principles in the Rawesome affair–Sharon Palmer and Larry Otting. The allegations mostly concern a mortgage transaction and...
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