by David Gumpert | May 15, 2012 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Regulation, Resistance |
At long last there will be a jury trial of a raw dairy provider. After six years of legal cases involving raw dairy providers in New York (Meadowsweet Dairy), Wisconsin (Max Kane, Zinnikers, Craigs), Missouri (Morningland Dairy), and Ohio (Carol Schmitmeyer), a jury...
by David Gumpert | May 8, 2012 | Legal, Regulation, Resistance |
The Minnesota Department of Agricultures campaign against consumers is significantly more widespread than I first reported. And it is stirring up a hornets nest of outrage, and promises of defiance.It turns out the MDA actually sent its love letters...
by David Gumpert | Apr 25, 2012 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Raids, Resistance |
It is painful to read some of the comments following my previous post, especially the back-and-forth accusations between Califarmer and Mark McAfee of Organic Pastures Dairy Co. about herdshares in California. (Please note, you need to go to the bottom of the first...
by David Gumpert | Apr 21, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Regulation, Resistance |
The outbreak of raw-milk-linked illnesses at Foundation Farm in Oregon has the potential to be a watershed event–an event that changes people’s fundamental views on raw milk safety and production. By any measure, it’s a serious situation. The Oregon...
by David Gumpert | Apr 11, 2012 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Legal, Raids, Regulation, Resistance |
There’s no escaping the power of the social media. If anyone harbored any doubts, yesterday’s news that a small one-and-a-half-year-old photo-sharing company launched by a couple of twenty-somethings is being acquired by Facebook for $1 billion should wipe...
by David Gumpert | Apr 6, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids, Regulation, Resistance |
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration caught a big break from U.S. District Court Judge Mark Bennett, when he dismissed the suit by the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund against the agency (as described in my previous post). But we shouldn’t be surprised. The...
by David Gumpert | Mar 16, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Regulation, Resistance |
There are lots of people who justifiably wish all the conflict and legal stuff associated with Rawesome Food Club would just go away. Even those who are sympathetic wish it weren’t so messy. If only Sharon Palmer wasn’t involved. If only Aajonus...
by David Gumpert | Mar 5, 2012 | Resistance |
I didn’t fully appreciate while I was sitting in court waiting for Vernon Hershberger’s hearing to begin Friday afternoon in Baraboo, WI, that the delay was due to some important negotiations taking place outside the courtroom. It was over whether...
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