by David Gumpert | Nov 10, 2013 | Food Safety, News Media, Raw Milk |
So Im reading the lengthy lead article in the Sunday Review section of todays New York Times, headed, A Cure for the Allergy Epidemic? Its by a science writer, Moises Velasquez-Manoff. It begins by asking, Will the cure for allergies come from the cowshed?...
by David Gumpert | Oct 24, 2013 | News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation |
I just had a refreshing experience: a candid conversation with a leading political figure about food rights. Former Congressman and Presidential candidate Ron Paul has long been identified as someone sympathetic to our right to access raw milk, because of his...
by David Gumpert | Oct 8, 2013 | Legal, News Media, Regulation |
One of the key witnesses at Wisconsin farmer Vernon Hershbergers criminal trial in May over his private food sales was his father, Daniel Hershberger. The elder Hershberger testified about how he moved with his son from an area of Ohio, which was becoming more...
by David Gumpert | Aug 20, 2013 | Food Clubs, Legal, News Media, Raids, Raw Milk |
The foreman of the jury that acquitted Wisconsin farmer Vernon Hershberger of all licensing charges is wondering if state lawyers who prosecuted the case should be sanctioned by a bar association for their conduct during the trial last May. He is especially...
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 | May 31, 2013 | Legal, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation |
So how is it again that the acquittal of Vernon Hershberger favorably impacts the fight for food rights? Its not a legal opinion from a judge, so technically, it doesnt comprise legal precedent or otherwise extend beyond freeing Hershberger from penalties connected...
by David Gumpert | May 18, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation |
The trial of raw milk farmer Vernon Hershberger, due to begin Monday in Baraboo, WI, is becoming not just a big legal and political event, but a big media event as well. The Wisconsin media have picked up on the plans for a major gathering of food rights...
by David Gumpert | Apr 28, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Raw Milk |
Now that a Wisconsin judge has rejected raw milk farmer Vernon Hershberger’s religious freedom arguments to justify having a witness testify on his behalf, his trial looks likely to go forward as scheduled beginning May 20.As proceedings draw closer, we will no...
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