by David Gumpert | Jul 31, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Alvin Schlangen knows the drill by now. Designate a few members of his Minnesota food club to run things in the event he is thrown in jail. Savor his last few meals at home. Get the word out as far and wide as possible to encourage supporters to attend his...
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 25, 2013 | Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation |
The comments here have definitely gotten a little edgy over the last few days. The Rawesome Food Club episode seems to bring out lots of unpleasant emotions in all of us. I assumed when I posted Victoria Blochs retrospective, it might open some old wounds,...
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 11, 2013 | Legal, Regulation, Resistance |
What makes the case of farmer Mark Baker and his campaign to reverse the Michigan Department of Natural Resources feral-hog genetic purification program different from other food rights cases that have taken place in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and California...
by David Gumpert | Jul 4, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Maybe its a sign of progress, on this Independence Day weekend, that we are discussing here the possibility of Walmart potentially wanting to stock raw milk. As I read the comments, and think about it some more, Im inclined to agree with those whod avoid doing...
by David Gumpert | Jun 27, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media |
On Friday evening nearly five weeks ago, just as the case against farmer Vernon Hershberger was being handed over to the jury, an employee of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP) tapped an attendee at the trial on the...
by David Gumpert | Jun 14, 2013 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
It was a sight to warm the hearts of all in DATCP (the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection), not to mention the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration). There was Vernon Hershberger, basking in the warm afternoon sunlight outside...
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