FDA Increases Media Campaign Against Raw Milk

By David Gumpert
The Complete Patient

There’s news about a possible outbreak of campylobacter from raw milk in North Carolina, that likely affected three people, and possibly affected as many as eight.
Now, chances are you’ve read that news elsewhere, such as on the many lawyer web sites that play up seemingly every […]

Ron Paul versus the FDA Raw Milk Police

By Dr. Mercola

On May 16th, Representative Ron Paul asked,
“If we are not even free anymore to decide something as basic as what we wish to eat or drink, how much freedom do we really have left?”
Paul was talking about the FDA ban on […]

Last Stand on Food Rights: Why Private Food Groups Must Refuse to Obey Cease-and-Desist Orders

by David Gumpert
The Complete Patient

If we lose the right to organize private organizations to share food, then the food rights war war will be over sooner than you can say “raw milk.”
Why? Because the food regulators and politicians have full control of the public realm, and are gaining more with […]

California Dept. of Food & Ag Issues Another “Cease and Desist” Order to Raw Milk Herd Share Program

UPDATE 7/6/11 David Gumpert is urging members to fight back by resisting the cease and desist order (which has had some success in other parts of the country) among other things: As CA Herdshare Dragnet Expands, Has Time Come for Shareholders to Pass the Hat, Assume Risk in Fighting Back?

From SARA GRUSKY
Willits

Dear friends, family, newspaper […]

The Unseen War on American Farms

Health Impact News Editor Comments: I saw the screening to this film this past weekend in L.A. It is definitely worth seeing if you want to be educated on the issues related to food freedom in the U.S., and the current attacks against family farms. Check here for screenings: http://farmageddonmovie.com/screenings/ Below is an interview with Kristin […]

Raw Milk Herdshare Shut Down in San Jose California

 

by David Gumpert
The Complete Patient
Herdshares have been sprouting like grass in a well-watered pasture out in California. No one knows exactly how many there are, but by some estimates, there are 65, or possibly even 100 or more.
As in many states, California has no explicit rules regarding herdshares–in other words, they’re not illegal. Because […]

The FDA’s Double Standards on Listeria Regarding Raw Milk

How FDA and State Regulators Have Turned into “Bouncers”
by David Gumpert
The Complete Patient
If you’ve ever been in a restaurant or club patrolled by bouncers, you know the system of justice is uneven. If you somehow violate the club rules–maybe are a little unruly, or try to converse with the entertainers–the punishment usually varies according […]

Wisconsin Raw Milk Illnesses are from Big Dairy, not Raw Milk Suppliers

Amazing…Just As Story of WI Kids Sickened By Raw Milk Gets Interesting, the Food Safety Hysterics Fade Into the Woodwork…Did I Hear Someone Say “Hypocrisy”?
by David Gumpert
The Complete Patient
In golf, when you slice the ball into the other fairway, or dribble it into a pond, you may decide to take a […]

The Federal Government’s War Against Raw Milk

Amish Buggies
by Daniel Sayani
The New American
The federal government, in using its illegitimate and unconstitutional authority to regulate various industries — such as food, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and other commodities — has raised the ire of producers and advocates of raw milk consumption, including Amish communities throughout the American heartland.
Raw milk […]

New Court Brief: Raw Milk Legal to Drink in all 50 States, FDA Has No Legal Authority to Stop Interstate Transportation

by David Gumpert
The Compete Patient

Excerpts:
The FTCLDF brief makes yet a further legal and Constitutional argument challenging the FDA’s effort to eliminate the availability of raw milk. The FTCLDF filed suit last year on behalf of five plaintiffs who were admittedly purchasing raw milk in states where it’s legal, and bringing […]