Organic Farming/NAIS/ and You....

Despite the arguments about H.R. 875 you may read on the internet, one thing is clear...something is up. Whenever there is "big" money involved, if we the people haven't figured it out, what is fed to the sheeples on the surface as something "good" most likely contains something we have come to know as "pork" is beneath the surface..which is not good. Most people who support H.R. 875 will even admit that some of the language is "vague" and can be misconstrued. In light of what is happening in our country today...where most language used is no longer vague, but in your face, we need to pay attention to what laws are being past and how it can affect us now and in the future. Perhaps there are some very good parts of this bill...I do not argue that...but, at least clean up the language and ensure that the rights of those that want to organic garden, participate in local farmers markets, etc. will NOT be affected by this bill...isn't that why we voted in our representatives?



Further, most bills that are presented, as stated before, present very good measures to ensure that our food supply is safe and healthy. But just as this bill has the earmarks of becoming too intrusive, so has a very innocuous bill, the NAIS, or National Animal Identification System, become intrusive, and does, in fact, threaten all people of the United States from owning and raising their own live stock.
What exactly is the NAIS? "The USDA’s proposed National Animal Identification System (NAIS) was originally designed to give the big beef producers help in getting export markets which required disease controls. The idea is that every single livestock animal in the United States will be identified and tagged. All livestock animal movements will be tracked, logged and reported to the government. The benefit is to the big factory farms who probably do need this type of regulation. They get to do single ID’s for large groups of animals. Small farmers, pet owners and homesteaders will have to tag and track every single animal.

There are no exceptions - even small farms that sell direct to local consumers will be required to pay the fees and file all the paper work on all their animals. Even horse, llama and other pet owners will be required to participate in NAIS. Homesteaders who raise their own meat and grandma with her one egg hen will also have to register their homes as ‘farm premises’ and obtain a Premise ID, tag all their animals and submit all the paperwork and fees. Absurd? Yes - There are no exceptions under the current NAIS plan. The USDA has slipped this plan in the back door without any legislation. This is going to be very expensive and guess who is going to pay for it in higher food prices… You!"

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