by David Gumpert | Jul 27, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk, Resistance |
(Additional information and links have been added to this article since it was first posted.)Just when it seemed as if the Rawesome Food Club case couldn’t get any more bizarre…it got more bizarre, a lot more bizarre. A case that has seen brutal infighting...
by David Gumpert | Jul 15, 2012 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Raw Milk, Research |
Once upon a time, I naively expected that if there were new credible scientific evidence that raw milk showed health benefits over pasteurized milk, the health and regulatory communities might relax their negative attitudes. But a couple years ago, when I gave a...
by David Gumpert | Jul 12, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Regulation, Resistance |
Prosecutors seeking to jail Vernon Hershberger for distributing his farm’s food privately to members of a food club betrayed their nervousness yesterday when they filed motions intended to limit the evidence the Wisconsin farmer can present to a jury. The...
by David Gumpert | Jul 7, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Regulation |
Sometimes it’s possible to infer important clues about a legal case from a judge’s seemingly negative opinion. The articles about Wisconsin Judge Guy Reynolds rejecting a motion by farmer Vernon Hershberger to dismiss the case against him suggested...
by David Gumpert | May 21, 2012 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, News Media, Regulation |
There have been many newspaper articles about raw milk over the last few years, and they nearly all use the same presentation formula. They begin with an example of a farmer producing raw milk for many happy customers. Then the narrative switches to all the...
by David Gumpert | May 15, 2012 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Regulation, Resistance |
At long last there will be a jury trial of a raw dairy provider. After six years of legal cases involving raw dairy providers in New York (Meadowsweet Dairy), Wisconsin (Max Kane, Zinnikers, Craigs), Missouri (Morningland Dairy), and Ohio (Carol Schmitmeyer), a jury...
by David Gumpert | Apr 25, 2012 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Raids, Resistance |
It is painful to read some of the comments following my previous post, especially the back-and-forth accusations between Califarmer and Mark McAfee of Organic Pastures Dairy Co. about herdshares in California. (Please note, you need to go to the bottom of the first...
by David Gumpert | Apr 11, 2012 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Legal, Raids, Regulation, Resistance |
There’s no escaping the power of the social media. If anyone harbored any doubts, yesterday’s news that a small one-and-a-half-year-old photo-sharing company launched by a couple of twenty-somethings is being acquired by Facebook for $1 billion should wipe...
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