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  1. Jean C. Amundson

    Call the Honorable David Scott, chairperson of the House Agriculture subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, 202-225-2939 by March 20th and let them know that you are against NAIS.

    USDA nor Congress has determined the costs of NAIS, yet each farmer or owner of even one animal will be forced to register with the federal government their real property, (Premise ID number), chip or tag all animals and report all movements, births, deaths and off premise movement within 24 hours to a private data base.  USDA is also taking steps to back door NAIS by forcing premise registration by making it mandatory for health programs like Scrapie in sheep and Coggins testing in horses.

    NAIS was designed by corporate interests for corporate interests not by or for family farmers.

    Be sure to call to register your opposition today.

    Suggested by Jean C. Amundson on 03/18/2009 @ 10:22PM PT

  2. Elijah Alexander, Jr.

    Our Declaration of Independence say the government is to be responsible for the governed, yet they allow all manner of unhealthy substances to be added to our foods while growing them and during processing them for consumption. That is the first document established to guide this nation's leadership of the people. 

    Why isn't the FDA concerned more about the health of the people rather than profit for corporations, such as drug companies who intentionally make sure the medications have side effects.  The lie about the effects of Florine.  They turn daft ears to independent research's findings to name a few of their known short comings in inspection of products for the protection of the people.  Those changes must be made, the constitution and Declaration of Independence require it.

    Suggested by Elijah Alexander, Jr. on 03/17/2009 @ 08:46PM PT

  3. Judith McGeary

    The House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry held a hearing last week, and many of the Congressmen spoke in favor of a mandatory NAIS.  Please send your written statement to the Subcommittee before Friday, March 20!

    Send your letter to the Hearing Clerk, Jamie Mitchell, at Jamie.Mitchell@mail.house.gov or fax to 202-225-4544.   Put "March 11 Hearing - Animal Identification Programs" in the subject line.  Keep your comments clear, polite, and concise.

    And be sure to send a copy to your Representative and Senators! 

    A sample letter is posted at
    http://farmandranchfreedom.org/content/action-03-16-09

    And here's a link for the latest news on what is happening with NAIS at the federal level:
    http://farmandranchfreedom.org/content/federal-updates

    Suggested by Judith McGeary on 03/17/2009 @ 03:56PM PT

  4. David Greer

    Join all the grass roots organizations you can find that oppose NAIS...WRITE LETTERS to your representative and senators! WRITE LETTERS to Sec. of Ag Vilsak!

    This is the most recent letter that I sent to the DEPT. of Agriculture:

    *******************************

    I am a member of the grass roots "Yahoo" group, Texas Citizens Against NAIS. I am following up on a call to action. NAIS is one of the WORST bureaucratic nightmares to come out of Washington in generations. The people who support this useless, tax dollar money pit are those who are uninformed non-livestock producing consumers and producers that have been mislead by the large agribusiness lobby (organizations like the National Cattleman's Association and the Farm Bureau that purport to support ALL producers but are, in fact, in the hip pocket of the Tysons and Monsantos of the world) and large agribusiness itself.

    Those in the food producing livestock world ALREADY HAVE MEASURES IN PLACE to accomplish the so-called goal of NAIS. Why add another layer of bureaucracy to existing programs that will A.) NOT make the food supply any safer, B.) NOT have any impact on disease PREVENTION, or C.) NOT have any impact on disease outbreaks? What NAIS WILL do is drive small scale producers, supporters of sustainable agribusiness, hobbyists and CHILDREN IN 4H PROGRAMS out of the livestock loop. This doesn't even address those of us in the HORSE INDUSTRY, who have no desire to sell our "product" for HUMAN CONSUMPTION.

    I am not aware of any grassroots movement OR organization/s SUPPORTING this legislation.

    I am sending this (from the call to action) to let you know that:
     
      a.. We don't want -- and we will not comply with -- the National Animal Identification System.
      b.. We do not want H.R. 1105 out of Senate Committee.
      c.. We do not want H.R. 1105 passed by the Senate, either by itself or together with other bills.
      d.. NAIS is an assault on our food supply and our economy.
      e.. NAIS is an unconstitutional assault on our Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness.
      f..  NAIS subjugates our production, selling, distribution, purchasing, and consumption of food to the whims of bureaucrats and agents of a government that is more interested in serving multi-national corporations and trade organizations than in upholding and defending the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic.
      g.. We want it stopped!  Stop it on Friday 27, 2009!

    As a breeder of American Quarter Horses, I am ADAMANT about point "a." above. NAIS will do nothing to PREVENT disease or disease outbreaks. All this unnecessary program will do is line the pockets of database managers, software and technology vendors, CORPORATE AGRIBUSINESS, and NATIONAL BREED ASSOCIATIONS (like AQHA, that will benefit by providing database "services" to the USDA).

    Before point "b."  or "c." happens (and neither, especially "c.", should NEVER happen), it is imperative that a COMPLETE COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS be done. Legal council for an independent, NON-PARTISAN, national anti-NAIS organization has submitted TWO FOIA requests asking for this information. TO DATE, BOTH REQUESTS HAVE BEEN IGNORED.

    THIS IS NOT THE CHANGE I CAMPAIGNED AND VOTED FOR!!!
    "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
    ~ President Barack Obama

    In this time of dire economic crisis, our government owes it to "we the people" to STOP programs like this that will further destroy the economy and break the backs of generations of small (primarily low and moderate income) farmers.  The ultimate cost of this program will fall on EVERY AMERICAN in the form of INCREASED FOOD PRICES at the grocery store. Agribusiness, large and small, will pass on the unnecessary cost of this program to consumers. Let's work "smarter, not harder" to do everything in our power to make food affordable for those with the greatest need. I demand that our tax dollars be spent on producing ECONOMIC STIMULUS, NOT CREATING MORE LAYERS AND LEVELS OF BUREAUCRACY.

    Respectfully,

    David Greer

    Suggested by David Greer on 03/17/2009 @ 03:29PM PT

  5. emily matthews

    Everyone, keep calling your people in Congress!  Call your state gov't people too, as some states have already passed laws banning NAIS.  RESIST by refusing to fill out the ag census forms--you WILL NOT get fined (I didn't).  REFUSE to register your "premises", or to renew the registration (if you already did register).  Only when enough people call, write, and keep pestering them will they listen. 

    I'd also like to point everyone to the Weston A. Price Foundation, which sends out emails and action alerts.  You can join them at their website, www.westonaprice.org.  They also have a farmers' defense group, for helping with legal costs for farmers taken to court (yes, farmers are already being persecuted in WI and elsewhere!)

    Suggested by emily matthews on 03/17/2009 @ 02:53PM PT

  6. jean whiting

    I have no suggestions except to stop NAIS.  If an agribusiness can get one tag for thousands of cattle and a 4H-er must have one tag for one animal--what an insane idea!

    Suggested by jean whiting on 03/17/2009 @ 02:43PM PT

  7. wendy tyler

    I really think we all have to keep abreast of this and many of the new laws that will be coming at us.  This is an era where we CAN change things to our favor if we all band together.  They will try thier darndest to make this a socialist country by having a government owned Police State and they will try to make us ALL thier slaves. We had better keep on this and nip it in the bud, because we HAVE TO SAY NO!!! They government is going to H... and we all know this so we had better be ready to take back our country FOR THE PEOPLE! Man your weapons and keep your family safe.  I fear for a country-wide WACO.  The government controls enough of our lives already.  We have to STOP IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!

    Suggested by wendy tyler on 03/10/2009 @ 02:47PM PT

  8. gail combs

    Some seem to think and I quote

     The origin was the first case of BSE that was found in the US

    This is incorrect.  The origin was the World Trade Agreement on Ag (WTO AoA)  this was written in 1994/5 by Dan Amstruz a VP of Cargill.  It is all about trade and giving the large Ag corporations the right to move goods over national borders without inspection.  Instead of testing for disease countries are now allowed to implement tracibility and "Risk Assesment"

    That is why the USDA refused to allow Creekstone Farms to do 100% BSE testing.

    That is why a Mexican Cattlemans Association is now responsible for the border checks on BOTH sides of the USA border.

    That is why mexican cattle diseases such as TB are now showing up in the USA

    That is why the USDA is shutting down disease testing labs.

    That is why Meatingplace is now giving talks on how to transfer liability from the meat packer to the small farmer.

    That is why we are seeing so many cases of contaminated food making people ill.

    The news media will not discuss this.  Derry Brownsfield got tossed off the air for bring to light Ag business unfair practices already.

    Your best bet for stopping this is thru the federal resister and your Congressman.

    The USDA is pushing through more changes to further the implementation of NAIS. We have the opportunity to stop these changes by commenting on the proposed rule change. Your comments can be made at

    http://www.regulati ons.gov/fdmspubl ic/component/ main?main= DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2007- 0096

    The procedure is simple and painless. You can read the comments of everyone who has participated. All you need to do to comment is to click on the yellow comment tag at the right of the side under the add comments column then follow the directions.

    Suggested by gail combs on 02/01/2009 @ 06:47AM PT

  9. Tracy Martin

    This is absolutely, again, socialism at it's finest.  It hasn't worked in the past elsewhere and it won't work now.  The Obama clan wants to bring everyone they can to their knees financially, so all they have to rely on is the government.  Lest we forget that "we" are the government.  Vote against everything this man will ever do.  Democracy is America.  Let's  not be ridiculously stupid just because this man is a certain color.

    Suggested by Tracy Martin on 01/30/2009 @ 11:36AM PT

  10. Janel Bedard

    NAIS is yet another program that makes government too big and too involved in private sector business.  The tagging does not follow the animals through to the end of slaughter and will thus not help prevent disease.  Whether producers are large or small this is a program which needs to be stopped before it continues.  Government needs to get out of private sector business as NAIS is only empowering government at the cost of our free market system.  This program proves government is not always looking out for the constituents whom employ it. 

    Stop NAIS and get out of the private sector and free markets!

    Suggested by Janel Bedard on 01/27/2009 @ 09:13PM PT

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