Podcast with host Dennis Crowley
Episode 12 of the Food Rights Hour podcast is about David Gumpert’s newest book, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Food Rights: The Escalating Battle Over Who Decides What We Eat. During this episode, our first-time host, Dennis Crowley, and popular author, journalist and blogger, David Gumpert, discuss:
- Why has food safety gotten so much attention in the past twenty years?
- How are the powers that be trying to incriminate farmers with secret, undercover investigations?
- Is there sufficient evidence for the so-called food safety crisis?
- Is the government trying to protect its citizens by cracking down on direct farm-to-consumer sales?
- Is there a possibility of a dialogue between governmental agencies and food rights folks like Gumpert and food rights organizations like FTCLDF?
Listen to the podcast to find out!
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speaker(s) and not those of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund.
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David Gumpert is a journalist and writer. He has been a newspaper reporter and magazine editor, and has written a number of books and articles about small business and food, including The Raw Milk Revolution: Behind America’s Emerging Battle Over Food Rights. He is most widely known for his blog, The Complete Patient.
Prior to his book-writing and entrepreneurship efforts, he spent nine years as a staff reporter with The Wall Street Journal, seven years as small business editor of the Harvard Business Review, and was also a senior editor of Inc. Magazine. His newest book, released on July 4, 2013, is Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Food Rights: The Escalating Battle Over Who Decides What We Eat.
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Got Raw Milk? The Government Wants to Know by Steve Goss, Atlanta’s NPR station
Got Raw Milk? by David E. Gumpert, The Boston Globe
Raw Milk Resources:
Free Farm Consultant Services for Members – FTCLDF members can make sure that they’re producing safe milk and doing everything possible to keep themselves out of trouble with access to Tim Wightman, an expert farm and dairy consultant.
Raw Milk Production Handbook by Tim Wightman
Chore Time: From Grass to the Glass – A Complete Guide to Raw Milk Production DVD by Tim Wightman
Safe Handling Consumers’ Guide by Peggy Beals, RN
RealMilk.com for raw dairy sources
Raw Milk Nation State-by-State Review of Raw Milk Laws and Legality of Raw Milk Distribution by State chart – farmtoconsumer.org/map
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