by David Gumpert | Nov 9, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Its frustrating, says Marcie McBee. I cant fix something I cant find. I cant fix something they cant find. The 36-year-old owner of McBee Dairy in Mascot, TN, is referring to the allegations that her dairys milk was responsible for nine illnesses from...
by David Gumpert | Oct 31, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Resistance |
Minnesotas relentless decade-long pursuit of dairy farmer Michael Hartmann finally ran off the road, when a state judge ruled earlier this month that the state conducted an illegal search of the farmers truck.In a strongly worded 30-page opinion, Minnesota Judge...
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 21, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
The scene outside Halcyon Grange #345 on a rural road in tiny Blue Hill, Maine, is one that has been played out countless times over the past couple centuries. As darkness set in, a couple of men, volunteers, were carving up a pig that had been roasting on a large...
by David Gumpert | Oct 17, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Last week, the Raw Milk Institute (RAWMI) held its second annual Training Day. It brought together a wide range of people that would have been unthinkable three or four years ago. RAWMI founder Mark McAfee provides this account of the people and happenings of the...
by David Gumpert | Oct 4, 2013 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation, Research |
It is encouraging to learn from Mark McAfee of Organic Pastures Dairy Co. about the growing acceptance among scientific researchers in California of raw milk (per his comments following my previous post). I have written in the past about the open-mindedness of...
by David Gumpert | Sep 23, 2013 | Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
Lots more people are beginning to get it on food rights. They are coming to understand they cant look the other way when regulators try to intimidate farmers on trumped-up charges. They are beginning to appreciate the importance of becoming directly involved in...
by David Gumpert | Sep 18, 2013 | Food Clubs, Raw Milk, Regulation |
As I watch the debate over raw milk legislation unfold in Wisconsin, I cant help but feel as if Ive seen this movie before….and that it is a version of Groundhog Day. That is the 1993 comedy in which a weatherman covering the Groundhog Day festivities in...
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