by David Gumpert
The Complete Patient
(I have spent much of the last week reading a 189-page report issued jointly by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada, with the dry title, “Joint FDA/Health Canada Quantitative Assessment of the Risk of Listeriosis from Soft-Ripened Cheese Consumption in the United States and Canada”. The reading is […]
Raw milk is increasingly being treated the same as illegal drugs across the U.S.
Health Impact News Editor Comments: David Gumpert brings us an update on the Alvin Schlangen case in Minnesota, where the prosecutor has linked the distribution of raw milk as the same as distributing “contraband” or a “controlled substance.” This case is […]
Mr. Hook told the Guardian: "Over the last five years I have sold hundreds of thousands of pints of raw milk and there has never been any illness."
by David Gumpert
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture continues to push ahead with misdemeanor criminal charges involving the distribution of raw milk, meat, and eggs against farmer Alvin Schlangen in his home county, despite the similarity to three charges he was acquitted on last September.
At a hearing in St. Cloud recently, the Stearns County prosecutor, […]
by David Gumpert
Two weeks ago, I wrote a post about what I thought was a well balanced scientific assessment, by a prominent international science writer, of several large-scale research studies out of Europe about the potential health benefits of raw milk. It was published in SPLASH, the newsletter of the International Milk Genomics Consortium (IMGC), which is housed […]
by David Gumpert
The Complete Patient
A jury of six ordinary Americans did something no judge, federal or state, has been willing to do anywhere in the country, whether in New York, California, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Maryland, or Wisconsin–it ruled in favor of a farmer-food club operator providing raw milk and other nutrient-dense foods privately to its members.
And […]
By Claire
In All Our Ways
Well, here goes a highly controversial topic that I don’t claim to be an expert on. Which is why I’m not going to get into the debate here. You can research for yourself the pros and cons and decide what is best for your family.
But first….what in the world is […]
Two New Critical Senate Bill Amendments—Action Alerts!
Alliance for Natural Health
One of these amendments we have seen before. It must be stopped. The other one we wholeheartedly support.
Every five years, Congress reauthorizes the Farm Bill. It sets agriculture (and nutrition) policy for the nation. It is always a “must pass” piece of legislation—and because of […]
by David Gumpert
The Complete Patient
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 will be asked to decide the fate of […]
By Kerry Grens
Reuters
Excerpts:
(Reuters Health) – Amish children raised on rural farms in northern Indiana suffer from asthma and allergies less often even than Swiss farm kids, a group known to be relatively free from allergies, according to a new study.
“The rates are very, very low,” said Dr. Mark Holbreich, the study’s lead author. “So […]
