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POPSFirst the animals...then the humans What this Wikipedia article describes is a blatant violation of rights, forcing companies/farmers to comply with yet another unnecessary law. We need less Federal control over our lives and put the government back in the hands of the people at the local levels. If the "people" allow this to go through, it won't be long afterward when some "genius" government official deems it necessary to TAG all of us, for our own well being of course. This is ridiculous and disgusting. Read about it:
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POPSNAIS Gone (for Now) Those of us who had chickens, or a milk goat,or a horse, were terrified of the NAIS becoming mandatory. Not only would we be criminals for not being able to comply with regulations oriented towards commercial interstate meat and milk production, we would be fined as much as $1000 a day, risking loss of our land. Whole communities of Amish and Mennonites had plans to leave the United States for South American due to NAIS. It lumped the owner of one chicken in with huge factory farms, with the same requirements. For example, if a fox ran off with your chicken, you had 24 hours to report it to the authorities. Or pay a hefty fine. If you wanted to take your chicken off your property, you had to inform the authorities ahead of time. It was insane. Thank heavens its gone and I hope someone intelligent has a hand in the new version.
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POPSFamily Farmers: No NAIS in our name National Animal Identification System (NAIS) is designed to protect the health of livestock and the economic well-being of those industries by quickly and effectively tracing an animal disease to its source. So sayeth the federal government. NAIS poses the greatest threat to local and sustainable agriculture since the Nixon administration. NAIS was originally designed to give huge corporations help with export markets. It will not stop animal disease or improve food safety. So sayeth those who oppose another layer of bureaucracy that severely cripples the livelihood of independent farmers and ranchers. NAIS is not legislation but a program designed by USDA bureaucrats with the help of businessmen and manufacturers of ID tags and will only enrich the corporations that already control most of our food supply. So sayeth everyone who knows how government really works.
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POPSNAIS – it's not about food safety, it's about favoring big agribusiness
More: Producer objections to NAIS involve issues of cost, privacy, and liability. Some producers are worried that meatpackers would transfer liability for bacterial contamination of processed meat back to the farm of origin. Others see NAIS as a threat to the confidentiality of producer records; they're concerned that foreign governments, packers, or other buyers might gain access to those records for their own benefit. Tags that remain on an animal throughout the supply chain could be scanned, and the data retained by buyers to build a database of a producer's products and values. Some worry that packers might use the information they gain from RFID tags for an unfair advantage… Owners of independent livestock markets are concerned about the bookkeeping and reporting burden NAIS creates for them. Some states have already required FFA members to comply with NAIS before they're allowed to participate in livestock projects.
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POPSCAFOs Are Killing Us (NAIS Sucks) Bravo! Ms Blasko hit them where they cannot ignore her. But they probably will anyway because someone is going to make money from the NAIS. She speaks for millions when she lists the seven ‘inconvenient truths’. What the USDA and Ag Dept are doing in unconscionable. I don’t know how many of you understand the dire situation our food system has been put in, but Ms Blasko’s remarks will gone a long way to informing you. Please read, for a better understanding of how to protect your health and the health of your loved ones. Ms Blasko says: ‘I am deeply troubled by what I’ve learned about NAIS. Not only is it expensive, intrusive, discriminatory, and deliberately hostile to small farmers; it is downright unconstitutional. Go back to the drawing board. Stand up to big-ag and industrial food processors’.
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POPSObama Considers Monsanto, Bush Sec. Of Agricuture for VP 
So, when Barack Obama even CONSIDERS a Monsanto person for his VP, we are looking at one hellish choice on his part and one large one on ours. Because ANYONE connected to Monsanto, at a time when our family farmers and ranchers (we are losing 1000 ranchers a month) are facing imminent collapse, is a threat to our land, our democracy and our lives. I hope you read the following with the horror it deserves and then get hold of every farming, environmental, human rights group you know and with them, let Obama know that some things are impossible to swallow, and monopoly over food with the loss of our farmers is TOP of the list. And in case you are late to who Monsanto is, you can read this to understand the dire significance of Obama's even considering such a choice and what it says about him as a "grass-roots" anything: Obama's Uniquely Awful Veep Prospect 2 hours, 4 minutes ago The Nation July 26, 2008 The Nation -- Barack Obama's vice presidential search team
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