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Gaining Control of Our Food: The “Radical” Underpinnings of Food Sovereignty

by David Gumpert | Feb 6, 2013 | Legal, Regulation, Resistance | 5 comments

For the first time since it began quizzing Americans nearly two decades ago, Pew Research Center has found that a majority of Americans feel the federal government threatens their personal  rights and freedom. That finding begins to explain why increasing numbers...

“We Are All Farmers,” Mark Baker Tells Foodies in His 1st Traveling Butchering Class; Bad Cheese Aftertaste at Morningland

by David Gumpert | Jan 29, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Regulation, Resistance | 21 comments

Michigan pig farmer Mark Baker has been under a virtual embargo the last several months because of his state’s prohibition on raising so-called “feral” pigs–essentially any pigs that Big Ag doesn’t want to see produced. The high-end restaurants he formerly...

Words That Define Us—Are We “Under the Radar”, “Food Handlers”… or “Grassroots”, “Sustainable”?

by David Gumpert | Jan 12, 2013 | Legal, Regulation, Resistance | 19 comments

By Heather RetbergHeather Retberg is a Maine farmer, and one of the organizers of the Food Sovereignty movement that launched in Maine in 2009 and 2010, and has evolved into a national movement. Eight towns in Maine and an unknown number as far west as California have...

Heritage Hog Farmer Mark Baker Struggles to Hold on to His Livelihood, and His Patriotism; Michael Schmidt Update

by David Gumpert | Jan 9, 2013 | Legal, Raids, Regulation, Resistance | 27 comments

Imagine leaving the military after a long career, enthusiastically launching a new business, and then, after much business trauma, concluding that the system you spent years defending with your life is corrupt. That kind of summarizes Mark Baker’s experience over...

Here Come FDA Compost Technicians; Flagstaff, AZ, Feels Urgency for Food Sovereignty Ordinance; Hershberger Trial Update

by David Gumpert | Jan 5, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Regulation, Resistance | 29 comments

“Take peanuts. To be safe, I want them tested as they leave the fields. I want them processed at temperatures high enough to kill salmonella. I want to store them covered so birds can’t contaminate them with their droppings. I want them tested before they are released...

In 2012 Food Rights Became Legal Issue–Can A Movement Emerge in 2013?

by David Gumpert | Jan 2, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Nutrition, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation, Research, Resistance | 25 comments

A year ago I summarized the key themes for 2011 as “rising shock events” and “rising stress levels,” thanks to highly public raids on food clubs and farms.I’d say 2012 was the year these shock events played out in a number of ways, primarily...

WI Prosecutors Throwing Everything But the Kitchen Sink in Advance of Hershberger Food Rights Trial; McAfee’s Persistence

by David Gumpert | Dec 19, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance | 27 comments

First, the Wisconsin prosecutors pursuing raw milk farmer Vernon Hershberger went after jury nullification, and convinced a judge to instruct jurors in his upcoming trial they can’t side with the accused farmer if they disagree with the laws he is accused of...

Michael Schmidt Takes Solace from Resistance of Another German, Sees His Own Case “Going in the Right Direction”; New U.S. Intrusion Mechanism

by David Gumpert | Dec 14, 2012 | Legal, Regulation, Resistance | 13 comments

The legal situation confronting Michael Schmidt could hardly look more ominous.He faces four counts of conspiracy, in connection with the disappearance last April of 31 rare Shropshire sheep suspected by Canadian health authorities of harboring scrapies disease....
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