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 21, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Regulation, Resistance |
The outbreak of raw-milk-linked illnesses at Foundation Farm in Oregon has the potential to be a watershed event–an event that changes people’s fundamental views on raw milk safety and production. By any measure, it’s a serious situation. The Oregon...
by David Gumpert | Apr 19, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Regulation |
Positions seem to be hardening in Maine’s effort to challenge food sovereignty ordinances passed by at least half a dozen towns. That became clear during demonstrations yesterday by several dozen supporters of Dan Brown, a farmer in one of the towns, who has...
by David Gumpert | Apr 17, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Raids, Regulation |
Like a lot of people, I appreciated Tim Wightman’s comment following my previous post. Especially his observation: “To blame health authorities for an outright bias and or ‘conspiracy’ allows those who make the claim to ignore their own...
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...
by David Gumpert | Apr 6, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids, Regulation, Resistance |
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration caught a big break from U.S. District Court Judge Mark Bennett, when he dismissed the suit by the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund against the agency (as described in my previous post). But we shouldn’t be surprised. The...
by David Gumpert | Mar 16, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Regulation, Resistance |
There are lots of people who justifiably wish all the conflict and legal stuff associated with Rawesome Food Club would just go away. Even those who are sympathetic wish it weren’t so messy. If only Sharon Palmer wasn’t involved. If only Aajonus...
by David Gumpert | Mar 13, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids |
I received a text message this morning from a friend, asking, “Is James Stewart dead?” What?!! Well, not since last evening he wasn’t, I replied.It turned out that radio personality Joyce Riley had reported the “news” Monday morning on...
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