by David Gumpert | Mar 3, 2017 | What's New |
One of the regulatory riddles surrounding the U.S. government’s long-running inspection order against Pennsylvania Amish farmer Amos Miller has been why the U.S. Department of Agriculture moved front-and-center on the case instead of the U.S. Food and Drug...
by David Gumpert | Feb 23, 2017 | What's New |
Many signs are pointing to a possible golden age for raw milk. With just a few exceptions, government assaults on American raw dairies appear to be receding, while state legislative initiatives broadening the availability of raw milk are popping up in states around...
by David Gumpert | Feb 8, 2017 | What's New |
Six years ago, a prosecutor summed up the government’s case against a Missouri cheesemaking family: “This is not about the state’s goal to put this dairy out of business. This case is not a campaign against raw milk cheese or the raw milk movement. It is not about the...
by David Gumpert | Jan 31, 2017 | What's New |
Four years ago, I sat in a Wisconsin courtroom for a hearing I was certain would land raw-milk farmer Vernon Hershberger in jail. I wasn’t alone in that belief—more than 100 of his supporters sat in that courtroom as well. We had agreed among ourselves beforehand that...
by David Gumpert | Jan 13, 2017 | What's New |
The feds came for Amish salve maker Sam Girod this morning, hauling him off to jail, where he very well could spend the rest of his life. Nearly a year ago, I wrote about Girod’s legal problems with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and how they worsened...
by David Gumpert | Jan 5, 2017 | What's New |
When government regimes change, the people with the best noses for where things are headed are usually the bureaucrats. They spend years, even decades, watching politicians of all stripes come and go, and learn to read the tea leaves. Right now, we are...
by David Gumpert | Jan 3, 2017 | What's New |
“I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die…” Johnny Cash, in “Folsom Prison Blues” “I did it (sued a journalist) to make his life miserable, which I’m happy about.” Donald Trump, in a 2016 interview Folk-rock singer Johnny Cash’s 1955 song, “Folsom Prison...
by David Gumpert | Dec 23, 2016 | What's New |
A few days ago, Organic Valley, the huge Wisconsin-based dairy cooperative, ran a “holiday season” ad on Facebook offering discount coupons of $1.50 or $2 on butter, cheese, and eggs (not $5, as the ad suggests). I guess it’s not a huge surprise that thousands of...
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