by David Gumpert | Jun 23, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Regulation, Resistance |
Over nearly two decades of fighting for the right to access raw milk, Michael Schmidt has become legendary for his persistent promotion of dialog with reluctant regulators and politicians. He went on a hunger strike last fall that he ended after five weeks when his...
by David Gumpert | Jun 22, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Regulation |
Cryptosporidium, or “crypto,” as it’s commonly known, is a nasty parasite that causes diarrhea and other stomach upset. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control says that, “While this parasite can be spread in several different ways,...
by David Gumpert | Jun 18, 2012 | Legal, Regulation, Resistance |
Two more Maine townsAppleton and Livermore– have passed food sovereignty ordinances in the last few days during the current town meeting season. This brings to eight the total number that have legally sanctioned private food sales by local farmers over the last...
by David Gumpert | Jun 12, 2012 | Food Safety, News Media, Nutrition, Regulation, Research |
Even veteran farmers occasionally receive cruel unexpected reminders about the dangers of handling livestock. Ron Klein, a Michigan dairy farmer who comments here, barely survived repeated attacks by one of his bulls late last month. In fact, when you read the...
by David Gumpert | Jun 7, 2012 | Legal, Nutrition, Regulation, Resistance |
The latest tactic in impeding raw milk distribution–harassing farmers using drop sites–seems to be spreading from Minnesota to Missouri. And like in Minnesota, where many of the ten consumer drop site hosts warned by regulators recently are...
by David Gumpert | Jun 4, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Regulation |
The pathetic case of the former senator and vice presidential candidate, John Edwards, is one most of us would just as soon forget about, preferring to file it away as just another sad episode in our political system’s steady descent into tawdriness and...
by David Gumpert | Jun 1, 2012 | Food Safety, Regulation |
I was at a food safety conference a few years back that focused on raw milk, and one state public health official concluded his remarks by saying, to effect, I personally dont see why we spend all this time going after raw milk. If people are going to be...
by David Gumpert | May 29, 2012 | Legal, Regulation, Resistance |
Lots of people were discouraged because Sen. Rand Pauls proposed amendment to reign in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was overwhelmingly defeated last week. It would have prohibited FDA agents from carrying weapons and making arrests as well as liberalized the...
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