by David Gumpert | Nov 22, 2014 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
As the Illinois raw milk turmoil has dragged on through endless discussions and hearings and recriminations, my big question has been this: Why doesnt the state just end the misery and ban raw milk? Thats clearly what Big Dairy wants, what the regulators want,...
by David Gumpert | Oct 29, 2014 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Do a Google search under Wisconsin raw milk illnesses, football team, and up pop ten headings from media outlets and product liability lawyers, all proclaiming pretty much the same thing: Raw Milk Blamed for Illnesses
It all seems pretty cut and dry. Some...
by David Gumpert | Oct 15, 2014 | Legal, Regulation, Resistance |
For upwards of a decade, Wisconsins small raw-milk producers have been doing battle with the states Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, as well as the courts and politicians. DATCP has refused to allow the farms to distribute milk privately,...
by David Gumpert | Oct 11, 2014 | Legal, Nutrition, Regulation |
Baseball has long been Americas national pastime. As baseball has declined in popularity, football was poised to replace it. But the violence that seems to enshroud football has made the transition difficult. No worries. Weve got a new national pastime, and it is...
by David Gumpert | Sep 28, 2014 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Its been more than two weeks since the media began reporting on five Kentucky children hospitalized with E.coli O157:H7. The reporting was straightforward, with no mention of the possibility that raw milk might be the cause of the illnesses. Since those...
by David Gumpert | Sep 7, 2014 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
The first-ever, and hopefully first annual, Food Freedom Fest brought together about 200 food rights advocates from around the country on Saturday to farmer Joel Salatins scenic home town in the Shenandoah Valley. The focus was on overcoming the sense of an...
by David Gumpert | Aug 25, 2014 | Legal, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
If you look at the recent legal scorecard, the Food Rights movement is getting clobbered. Losses in Maine (Dan Browns food sovereignty case), Wisconsin (Vernon Hershbergers appeal of his single misdemeanor conviction, along with rejection of Zinniker-Craig case) and...
by David Gumpert | Aug 16, 2014 | Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Sometimes, its important not to lose sight of the forest for the trees. One of those times is occurring in Michigan right now, where there seem to be a lot of treesin the form of different people with different understandings about what is and isnt...
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