by David Gumpert | Mar 7, 2014 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
This blog has chronicled seemingly endless abuses of power against farmers merely trying to do what farmers have done for centuriesgrow food and sell it to friends and neighbors. It seems at times as if few beyond those directly affected are paying attention,...
by David Gumpert | Feb 25, 2014 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Raw Milk |
The whole cantaloupes in the stores are now safe to eat, Food Safety News reassured its readers on September 26, 2011. Its article included standard advice about following proper food handling procedures, and avoiding cantaloupes connected to an outbreak of listeria...
by David Gumpert | Feb 20, 2014 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation |
As a journalist, I probably read news reports and articles differently than most people
.as in more critically. At the same time, I admire well done stories, especially in my own area of expertise. In some cases, I wish I had done one or another story...
by David Gumpert | Feb 12, 2014 | Food Safety, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Holding onto expectations can be a setup for disappointment. You start exercising, expecting you will improve your health, and instead you sprain an ankle and are out forced off your feet for a couple weeks, getting even more out of shape. You go on a diet...
by David Gumpert | Feb 7, 2014 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation |
If you wanna complain
.Im not the complaint department.From song, “Complaint Department” by Likki Li Maybe I am the complaint department, since I run this blog. Certainly the complaints keep coming. There was Mark McAfees comment, that,...
by David Gumpert | Feb 3, 2014 | Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
Canadian raw dairy farmer Michael Schmidt has been in legal limbo for about twenty years now. Its difficult to even make that statement without wondering, first, about the system that allows such ongoing official pressures on one farmer, and second, about what it is...
by David Gumpert | Jan 31, 2014 | Food Safety, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Shortly after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the American Academy of Pediatrics issued their one-two punch against raw milk in Decemberwith widespread media attention I was talking with a couple of dairy farmers about the course of events. Someone...
by David Gumpert | Jan 30, 2014 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation |
I have been watching legislative and court hearings about raw milk for a number of years now, and the scenario runs something like this: Raw milk proponents parade up to the stand to describe how drinking raw milk helped them resolve chronic illnesses and generally...
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