by David Gumpert | Dec 30, 2014 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
(This is a joint report I did with Liz Reitzig of Nourishing Liberty.)Nearly a year ago, Marylands House of Representatives heard from proponents and opponents of legislation to legalize raw milk herd shares. As enthusiastic and well organized as the proponents were,...
by David Gumpert | Dec 24, 2014 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation, Research |
We see examples of discrimination in many areas of life, but discrimination against food-borne pathogens? Im afraid so. We have a campylobacter discrimination problem on our hands. Let me explain: One of the more intriguing results of the U.S. Centers for...
by David Gumpert | Dec 18, 2014 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation |
I dont know of another food that gets as much attention from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control as raw milk. Round and round the agency goes, presenting research that slams raw milk, arguing, yet again, that raw milk should be banned, never presenting helpful...
by David Gumpert | Dec 13, 2014 | Food Safety, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation |
The vultures are circling in force with news that an Australian three-year-old may have died from drinking raw milk. This is news raw milk opponents have lusted after for many years, and now they mean to use it for full effect, tying it to a new study from...
by David Gumpert | Dec 11, 2014 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
The emergence of the ride-sharing company Uber from nowhere to become an enterprise valued at $40 billion in five years of existence is astounding in its own right. Whats even more astounding is how Uber achieved such a hugely successful business in the...
by David Gumpert | Dec 5, 2014 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
It was just three years ago that the U.S. Justice Department abruptly ended the grand jury investigation of Indiana dairy farmer David Hochstetler, the day before he was due to testify. Under grand jury rules, he wouldnt have been allowed to have a lawyer present,...
by David Gumpert | Dec 3, 2014 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
There has been lots of upbeat news about raw milk over the last 18 months or so. Research out of Europe and the U.S. continues to suggest that raw milk strengthens the immune system so as to provide a protective effect against allergies, asthma, and other illnesses....
by David Gumpert | Nov 29, 2014 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation |
So Coca-Cola is getting into the milk business. Not the milk business as commodity milk, but the milk business as super-adulterated, premium-priced, healthy milk. The Coke marketing people looked at their deteriorating sales in an increasingly...
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