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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I went there the first time from Sage's blog about the locavorism symbolic 
gesture of a White House garden,  I will finish my 'ten' which will include 
some that you mentioned.  Thanks for the reminder ..........

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--- On Wed, 1/14/09, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Warning from an anti-NAIS activist
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 9:40 AM
> This site http://www.change.org/  is fun. You can log in and
> vote (in the 
> "ideas" section to the right on the top bar) on
> the top ten things you'd 
> like to see done. Legalize raw milk is one, stop NAIS,
> bring Bush up on 
> charges, repeal the Patriot Act,  legalize pot (the #1 idea
> at the moment), 
> and dozens more. Every round, they pick the top choices for
> the next round. 
> Of course (wink wink) maybe they are just taking names of
> troublemakers 
> (I'll be right up there on the top).
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lynn Wigglesworth"
> <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Warning from an anti-NAIS activist
> 
> 
> > If you want to send a message to Obama, vote here:
> > http://www.change.org/ideas/view/stop_nais
> >
> > Lynn Wigglesworth
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "bobf" <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
> > To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:24 AM
> > Subject: [Homestead] Warning from an anti-NAIS
> activist
> >
> >
> >>I don't know as much about this subject as Lynn
> and others, but I believe
> >>it is more insidious governmental interference in
> individual liberty and
> >>also a way for competition to 'Big
> Agriculture" to be kept to a minimum, 
> >>in
> >>this country.  Mary Zanoni is well repected within
> the community of
> >>opposition to the NAIS for small farmers.  This is
> the text of an email 
> >>she
> >>sent ......
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >> On Tuesday, January 13, 2009, the USDA published
> in the Federal Register 
> >> a
> >> proposed rule that would make two elements of NAIS
> -- NAIS Premises ID 
> >> and
> >> NAIS individual animal ID -- effectively mandatory
> in several USDA animal
> >> disease programs.  A copy of the proposed rule is
> attached.
> >>
> >> This rule, if it goes into effect, would be an
> enormous step toward
> >> creating a fully mandatory NAIS for all U.S.
> livestock.
> >>
> >> The proposed rule directly affects cattle, bison,
> sheep, goats, and 
> >> swine.
> >> However, it will also bring a full NAIS closer for
> all species.
> >> Therefore, all owners of horses, poultry, and
> other species should also
> >> submit comments and urge their livestock/farming
> organizations to submit
> >> comments.
> >>
> >> Within a few days, I will be sending out a sample
> letter for people to
> >> consider as a basis for comments.  The comment
> period is scheduled to
> >> close on March 16, 2009.  Commenting on this
> proposed rule is extremely
> >> important.  Not only all animal owners, but also
> consumers of
> >> local/organic/grassfed foods, and everyone
> concerned with preserving a
> >> place for family farms in a world increasingly
> dominated by Industrial
> >> Agriculture, is urged to comment.
> >>
> >> In regard to advancing NAIS, the four most
> important aspects of the
> >> USDA/APHIS Jan. 13, 2009 rule are:
> >>
> >> 1.  As of the effective date of the final rule,
> the NAIS Premises ID
> >> Number (PIN) would be the only form of PIN allowed
> for certain official
> >> uses.   (Note on timing -- the comment period is
> open until March 16,
> >> 2009.  Then USDA reviews the comments and at some
> point can issue a final
> >> rule.  That date of issuance would be the
> effective date for the 
> >> mandatory
> >> assignments of the NAIS Premises IDs.  However, a
> large number of
> >> unfavorable comments might result in the
> postponement, or even retraction
> >> or cancellation, of the rule.)
> >>
> >> 2.  Although the system announced in this proposed
> rule supposedly 
> >> permits
> >> the continued use of the National Uniform
> Eartagging System
> >> (traditionally, metal tags) and a
> "premises-based numbering system," in
> >> fact, these systems would be used in the same way
> as NAIS Animal
> >> Identification Numbers.  The older forms of
> eartags and individual IDs
> >> would all be connected into the NAIS Premises ID
> database through the
> >> Animal Identification Number Management System
> ("AINMS," the USDA system
> >> that keeps track of what individual animal
> identification number is
> >> assigned to what farm or ranch).  In other words,
> under the system of 
> >> this
> >> proposed rule, anytime a farmer/rancher has metal
> tags applied to
> >> livestock (such as for TB or brucellosis testing),
> the farm/ranch will be
> >> placed into the NAIS Premises ID system and the
> numbers on the tags will
> >> be tied to the farm/ranch through the USDA's
> AINMS system.
> >>
> >> 3.  Some requirements are being added for official
> eartags and these new
> >> requirements might make it very difficult or even
> impossible to obtain
> >> metal tags instead of the NAIS tags.  The
> additional requirements include
> >> a "U.S. shield" printed on each tag, and
> tags must be "tamper-resistant
> >> and have a high retention rate in the
> animal."  The APHIS Administrator
> >> must approve all tags.  The NAIS tags now
> available already meet these
> >> standards.  It is not clear that metal tags have
> ever been judged by 
> >> these
> >> standards, so it is possible that the APHIS
> Administrator could fail to
> >> approve metal and other non-NAIS tags.  Also, tag
> manufacturers will have
> >> a clear self-interest in abandoning production of
> cheap metal tags in
> >> favor of expensive NAIS RFID tags, so non-NAIS
> forms of tags may quickly
> >> become extinct.
> >>
> >> 4.  The addition of a definition of the AINMS to
> the animal-disease
> >> program rules in the Code of Federal Regulations
> is huge.  Previously the
> >> AINMS has only been defined in the non-rule NAIS
> informational documents
> >> (Draft Strategic Plan, User Guide, Business Plan,
> etc.) so it did not 
> >> have
> >> any defined legal status.  Now this proposed rule
> adds a definition of 
> >> the
> >> AINMS and also provides that eventually the AINMS
> will be used to tie all
> >> types of "official" tags -- not just the
> NAIS 15-digit tags -- to a NAIS
> >> registered premises.  The proposed rule
> accomplishes essentially a
> >> mandatory system for the first 2 elements of NAIS
> -- NAIS premises ID and
> >> NAIS individual animal ID.  The only difference
> from the original NAIS
> >> plan is that now the metal tags and other
> traditional forms of individual
> >> ID have become additional forms of
> numbering/tagging that are used as 
> >> part
> >> of NAIS.
> >>
> >> Note that even if your state has passed a law to
> keep NAIS "voluntary,"
> >> that will not necessarily save you from this rule.
>  The Federal Register
> >> notice specifically states:  "All State and
> local laws and regulations
> >> that are in conflict with this rule will be
> preempted." (p. 1638.)
> >> However, if you are working to pass a state law
> limiting NAIS in the
> >> present legislative session, keep working -- such
> a law could still be
> >> very important.  It shows the opposition of animal
> owners and consumers 
> >> to
> >> NAIS, which may help get the rule postponed or
> rescinded.  In addition,
> >> the question of whether this rule would pre-empt
> contrary state laws in
> >> all circumstances may someday be open to legal
> challenge.
> >>
> >> But for now, your best defense against NAIS is to
> make sure you comment 
> >> on
> >> the proposed rule.  Watch for my sample letter to
> be distributed in the
> >> next few days.
> >>
> >>
> >> Mary Zanoni
> >>
> >>
> >>
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