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NAIS Revisited

Chicken basket with eggs If you thought that because NAIS was required to be voluntary by our federal legislators, we don't have to worry about it any longer, think again. The USDA has been applying pressure on states to enact regulations that make it, in effect, mandatory, while allowing them to claim it to be voluntary.

If you care about small farmers, if you care about small ranchers, if you care about folks with horses, if you care about the availability of fresh, locally grown food, do your research on NAIS and let your legislators, state and local, know how you feel.

A good place to start (and vote) is here, at Change.org. Follow that up with more research, and then write your legislators (or go to their websites and write them there).

If we don't speak up, we don't have any right to complain when our rights are taken away.

Posted by Tricia Jumonville, EcoBroker®, ASP® on 12/12/2008 12:46 PM

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DEC

I will have to check this out further. Thanks for bringing this issue to our attention.

DEC

Absolutely do, Joan! This doesn't just affect farmers, or horse owners, it impacts everyone who wants to try to support their local economy by eating locally.

MAR

Lets start with one segment and move forward. Here is what this small livestock owner (hey that's me!) plans to do: Boycott Pork this month.
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Pork Producers of America - take notice.

I Quit.

I will no longer purchase United States Produced Pork. You've bullied, pushed, pulled, paid, coerced, cajoled, fear-mongered and just plain lied for the past 10 years.

This 2009 National Junior Summer Spectacular Entry Form states so clearly your concept of the National Animal Identification System and the programs ability to crush small American Livestock Owners:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=10&q=http://www.nationalswine.com/njsa/njsaShowsEvents/Entry_forms_upcoming_shows/09_njss_entry_form.pdf&ei=j5zKSYyJIIPvnQfn7PydAw&usg=AFQjCNEk_0hBHKfezwM2a823UT0ulpQGDg

i.e. "Premises ID# (mandatory)"

Our family chooses to follow your recent advice "We Care" and carry ourselves back to the "other-other white meat" - locally grown small sustainable farm produced pork.

We will just read the labels at the meat counter (thanks COOL) and drop a copy of this little letter at the Managers office on the way out as to
why we will no longer purchase pork products at their store.

National Pork Producers Council and State Pork Producers have chosen to contribute in forcing all livestock owners in the United States to comply for their greed through meat sales (import/export).

As for your Mandatory Manipulation Meat - eat it yourself!

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