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Mon Feb 23, 2009 at 06:00:00 AM PST
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A while back I promised to give you talking points against the National Animal ID System. We've got until March 16 to comment to the USDA on a rule proposed by the Bush administration in January. Well, here are the talking points (below), courtesy of the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance.
The proposed rules are complex and difficult to understand, but they basically come down to "Register for NAIS or you can't do business" if my understanding is right. Here is where you go to give the USDA your comments. You can also submit your comments via Organic Consumers Association here (just be sure to personalize the letter!!). See below for talking points.
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Thu Jan 22, 2009 at 22:36:15 PM PST
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Change.org reports that Bush flipped family farms the bird on his way out the White House door. On January 13, the USDA proposed a rule that mandates the currently "voluntary" National Animal ID System. There are a number of reasons why those of us who care about our food and our farmers should oppose NAIS. I highly, highly recommend you read the post, but I have excerpted highlights from it below and added my own opinions as well. If you'd like to make comments to the government in opposition to NAIS and their proposed rule, you can do so here. Unfortunately, I do not have good talking points handy to give you for your comment - YET. I promise I will get some talking points and post them on this blog before the comment deadline of March 16.
For regular updates on NAIS, sign up for the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance Email List here.
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Sun Jan 11, 2009 at 06:19:27 AM PST
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As I watch newborn baby lambs playing King of the Hill, bouncing and playing like their legs are springs, my heart fills with both joy and dread. I'm a city girl, a lawyer, who got into farming because I believe passionately that small, sustainable farms are our future - the future for improving human health, clean air and water, diverse ecosystems, renewable energy and an end to our dependence on oil, and respect for all life, from the soil to the plants to the animals. And I see that future threatened by our own government, which is doing the bidding of multinational corporations that care for nothing besides their profits.
I picture what these young lambs' lives would be under the corporate system - tagged with radio tags at birth and tracked like so many widgets as they are crammed into feedlots knee-deep in manure and dosed with drugs. I've been fighting to stop that from happening for the last 3 years, and I'm asking for a few seconds of your time to help now.
More, including pictures, after the flip
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Thu Jan 01, 2009 at 08:59:54 AM PST
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I've been studying international trade issues affecting animal agriculture for 3 years now. I got into this to facilitate my activities in the fight against the National Animal ID System (NAIS). However the whole international trade environment and it's attendant issues are really fascinating in and of themselves. How countries interact with each other, and how people feed themselves, how the media perceives and reports on issues related to ag and international trade, these are just a few of the things that make this area of study truely amazing. I tell ya, it's a whole different world out there.
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Wed Sep 17, 2008 at 20:30:29 PM PDT
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As headline after headline frightens Americans about the safety of our food supply, Big Ag and legislators seem determined to carry on with the same old flawed approach. Rather than look at the underlying reasons for the recurring problems -- such as unhealthy factory farm practices and consolidation of food processing -- they're pushing a new sound-bite solution: "farm to fork traceability." But a coalition of organizations is demanding that Congress stop funding a program that will drive family farms out of business in the pursuit of this false promise.
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