Re: Warning! Nat'l Animal ID System

[Guest guest]

Hi Marjorie,

Glad to find someone semi-local. I don't currently keep animals, but would

like to in the future. I have heard about this before and am very against it

Let me know what I can do.

in town PA

-- Warning! Nat'l Animal ID System

From the PASA listserv:

Hi everyone,

I'm writing because I don't think I've heard from PASA recently

about the National Animal Identification System, and I wanted to be

sure PASA and individual members are on to this. From everything

I've read about it, it looks like it will make small farming a lot

more " challenging " than it already is, and might well put a lot of

the small meat, egg, and dairy producers out of business -- to the

detriment of my own health, because I really depend on pasture-

raised, non-medicated animal protein in my recovery from chronic

fatigue.

The " umbrella " website on NAIS seems to be www.NoNAIS.com, and there

are links on there to many others. A good writer on it is

Zamboni. I have some articles from her that I will email to you if

you want, or I could attach them to an email for everybody.

I'm a PASA member and the owner of a horse (and occasionally

chickens, in between coyote forays). All " farm animals " including

horses, poultry, llamas, goats, etc. will have to be micro-chipped

and then we will have to report on all births, deaths, and off-farm

movements, so that every time I go for a trail ride I'd have to file

and " off property " and a " return to property " on my horse. When the

coyote gets a hen, I'll have to catch all of them to figure out

which one he got. Thinking of y'all who have herds -- the heifers or

the goats make a hole in the fence and you spend the rest of the day

getting them back. And then, worn out and frustrated, you'd have to

file an " off property " and a " return to property " on each one.

Some of these are animals that are in no way headed for

international beef sales to Japan -- the reason the agri-giants have

given for putting together NAIS. As I understand what is in the fine

print, NAIS is more than a little intended to wipe out the small

meat producers, organic farmers, etc.

People who have been working on this say that NAIS doesn't even

address the actual causes of diseased meat (mad cow, etc.), that a

much more appropriate answer is getting sloppy, underfunded USDA

inspection up to par. Instead, NAIS will pass the blame (and the

costs of the program, such as micro-chipping) on to the original

farm, thus setting us up for whole herds to be wiped out. In the

UK " mad cow " scare several years ago, over 400 farmers committed

suicide when their genetic work of a lifetime was destroyed --

whereas only about 40 humans, worldwide, have died from the disease

itself.

They are being very hush-hush about this law and are putting it

through the state legislatures because (heard through the grapevine)

they didn't think the US Congress would do it. So we are not going

to get a chance to comment on it, if at all, till just a few weeks

before the vote in each state. Pennsylvania is one of the first they

are attempting, after Texas, and apparently they have a lot of the

structure set up already, to use us to work the bugs out of it.

I have put a " horse owners alert " on my website

(www.barefoothorse.com) and am starting to contact anyone I can

think of that would feel this hits a little close to home. There was

a good, front-page article Tuesday in the Reading Eagle, and several

of us here in Berks County followed up with Letters to the Editor.

Between all of us, we know many people with many sorts of skills and

talents, who we could call in to do different parts of what needs

doing.

I think we need to join hands with all sorts of " natural allies " on

this. For example, the Berks County Equine Council is starting to be

interested, and other horse groups should be alerted. The Rare

Breeds Conservancy groups should be good allies, NAIS will make it

much more difficult to keep the heritage breeds going. People who

moved to the country to be self-sufficient will be very upset about

the encroachment on their freedom to keep a few animals. Small herd

producers will of course be affected, as well as organic vegetable

farmers who depend on the " clean " manure from the organic herds.

I don't know whether PASA takes stands on legislative matters like

this. If we do, I sure hope this is one we would take a stand on, as

an organization, in addition to individuals calling, writing, or

visiting our state representatives.

I would be willing to be a sort of informal clearing-house, to hear

what folks are doing, and to the extent that I am able, to put folks

with different skills in touch with each other.

With great appreciation,

Marjorie

Shoemakersville, PA

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Does Bill Sanda of Weston A. Price know about this?

On Apr 7, 2006, at 9:03 AM, haecklers wrote:

> From the PASA listserv:

>

> Hi everyone,

>

> I'm writing because I don't think I've heard from PASA recently

> about the National Animal Identification System, and I wanted to be

> sure PASA and individual members are on to this. From everything

> I've read about it, it looks like it will make small farming a lot

> more " challenging " than it already is, and might well put a lot of

> the small meat, egg, and dairy producers out of business

[Guest guest]

Call your representatives and senators and let them know that you're

against it - even better write up an editorial for the paper about

it. Talk about it to your friends who enjoy being able to buy

organic, pastured animal products. That's just a start.

- Renate

--- In , " jermel " <jermelkramer@...>

wrote:

>

> Hi Marjorie,

> Glad to find someone semi-local. I don't currently keep animals,

but would

> like to in the future. I have heard about this before and am very

against it

> Let me know what I can do.

>

> in town PA

>

> -- Warning! Nat'l Animal ID System

>

> From the PASA listserv:

>

> Hi everyone,

>

> I'm writing because I don't think I've heard from PASA recently

> about the National Animal Identification System, and I wanted to

be

> sure PASA and individual members are on to this. From everything

> I've read about it, it looks like it will make small farming a lot

> more " challenging " than it already is, and might well put a lot of

> the small meat, egg, and dairy producers out of business -- to the

> detriment of my own health, because I really depend on pasture-

> raised, non-medicated animal protein in my recovery from chronic

> fatigue.

>

> The " umbrella " website on NAIS seems to be www.NoNAIS.com, and

there

> are links on there to many others. A good writer on it is

> Zamboni. I have some articles from her that I will email to you if

> you want, or I could attach them to an email for everybody.

>

> I'm a PASA member and the owner of a horse (and occasionally

> chickens, in between coyote forays). All " farm animals " including

> horses, poultry, llamas, goats, etc. will have to be micro-chipped

> and then we will have to report on all births, deaths, and off-

farm

> movements, so that every time I go for a trail ride I'd have to

file

> and " off property " and a " return to property " on my horse. When

the

> coyote gets a hen, I'll have to catch all of them to figure out

> which one he got. Thinking of y'all who have herds -- the heifers

or

> the goats make a hole in the fence and you spend the rest of the

day

> getting them back. And then, worn out and frustrated, you'd have

to

> file an " off property " and a " return to property " on each one.

>

> Some of these are animals that are in no way headed for

> international beef sales to Japan -- the reason the agri-giants

have

> given for putting together NAIS. As I understand what is in the

fine

> print, NAIS is more than a little intended to wipe out the small

> meat producers, organic farmers, etc.

>

> People who have been working on this say that NAIS doesn't even

> address the actual causes of diseased meat (mad cow, etc.), that a

> much more appropriate answer is getting sloppy, underfunded USDA

> inspection up to par. Instead, NAIS will pass the blame (and the

> costs of the program, such as micro-chipping) on to the original

> farm, thus setting us up for whole herds to be wiped out. In the

> UK " mad cow " scare several years ago, over 400 farmers committed

> suicide when their genetic work of a lifetime was destroyed --

> whereas only about 40 humans, worldwide, have died from the

disease

> itself.

>

> They are being very hush-hush about this law and are putting it

> through the state legislatures because (heard through the

grapevine)

> they didn't think the US Congress would do it. So we are not going

> to get a chance to comment on it, if at all, till just a few weeks

> before the vote in each state. Pennsylvania is one of the first

they

> are attempting, after Texas, and apparently they have a lot of the

> structure set up already, to use us to work the bugs out of it.

>

> I have put a " horse owners alert " on my website

> (www.barefoothorse.com) and am starting to contact anyone I can

> think of that would feel this hits a little close to home. There

was

> a good, front-page article Tuesday in the Reading Eagle, and

several

> of us here in Berks County followed up with Letters to the

Editor.

> Between all of us, we know many people with many sorts of skills

and

> talents, who we could call in to do different parts of what needs

> doing.

>

> I think we need to join hands with all sorts of " natural allies "

on

> this. For example, the Berks County Equine Council is starting to

be

> interested, and other horse groups should be alerted. The Rare

> Breeds Conservancy groups should be good allies, NAIS will make it

> much more difficult to keep the heritage breeds going. People who

> moved to the country to be self-sufficient will be very upset

about

> the encroachment on their freedom to keep a few animals. Small

herd

> producers will of course be affected, as well as organic vegetable

> farmers who depend on the " clean " manure from the organic herds.

>

> I don't know whether PASA takes stands on legislative matters like

> this. If we do, I sure hope this is one we would take a stand on,

as

> an organization, in addition to individuals calling, writing, or

> visiting our state representatives.

>

> I would be willing to be a sort of informal clearing-house, to

hear

> what folks are doing, and to the extent that I am able, to put

folks

> with different skills in touch with each other.

>

> With great appreciation,

> Marjorie

> Shoemakersville, PA

>

>

>

>

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