What is NAIS and how do you feel about it?

[speckledhen]

If NAIS can in any way prevent the needless execution of animals, I'm for it.

Unfortunately, it won't, it wont, it wont. It will cause the needless execution of animals. There are already government goons seizing animals in isolated incidents, culling then finding out that the animals were clean all along. www.nonais.org has several articles on the website already detailing them.
Logic here! I have 30 chickens and I am forcibly assigned a premises ID. My birds are healthy, free range chickens. The Tyson supplier's birds five miles away come down with something deemed deadly, although they have no contact with mine whatsoever. The gov't brings storm troopers onto my property and without any testing, seizes and executes every one of them just because I am in some arbitrary kill zone. I own heritage breeds, which are dwindling fast. The Tyson guy raised broilers, destined for eating anyway. What is the point of my healthy birds, not easily replaced, being slaughtered? NONE. That is what NAIS will do, kill our heritage chickens, all because of the monoculture chicken factory with birds crammed in close conditions spreading some disease like wildfire simply because of the way they're kept confined.
What if the Tyson farmer's birds got some avian disease from a bird that flew into the housing facility? What is killing my birds going to accomplish? NOTHING! Where is the bird that started it? Flying off to South America or dead in the Tyson guy's warehouse farm. Will it contact my own birds? Most likely not. What is a number going to do to prevent the spread of disease? NADA.
A little bit of logic is needed to see this plainly. Dont fall prey to gov't scare tactics. Nothing good comes from giving up your freedom.​

 

[TxChiknRanchers]

Quote:
Man I wish I had said that!!!

 

[hencackle]

I'm a member of the Weston A. Price Foundation and I received this email regarding the latest on NAIS:
URGENT NAIS ALERT:
Call the Senate Agriculture Committee IMMEDIATELY.

The Senate Agriculture Committee has just released the draft language of the
Farm Bill, which will be discussed by the Committee tomorrow. The bad news is
that the Livestock Title includes the National Animal Identification System
(NAIS)! Senator Harkin has included a provision that defines NAIS and addresses
confidentiality of the information collected under it. This section implies
approval of the USDA's program, without addressing the many problems with NAIS,
including the USDA's misleading and coercive tactics.

TAKE ACTION: Call the Senators listed below. Ask to speak to the staffer who
handles agricultural issues, not just the front desk.

MESSAGE: I want section 10305 taken out of the Farm Bill. I do not want NAIS
included in the Farm Bill in any manner at all. While we appreciate Senator
Harkin trying to protect people's privacy, the provision does more harm than
good. The Senate should not imply approval for any form of federally planned or
funded NAIS.

KEY CONTACTS:

Senator Tom Harkin, Chairman of Agriculture Committee
(D-IA) 202-224-3254

Senator Saxby Chambliss, Ranking Member (R-GA)
202-224-3521

Your Senators:
Go to www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
or call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121 or toll free at 877-851-6437

For more information, contact [email protected] or call the Farm
and Ranch Freedom Alliance at 866-687-6452.

ADDITIONAL CONTACTS:

Calls to other members of the Agriculture Committee are most effective when they
come from people within the state the Senator represents. But, as Committee
members, they are supposed to take input from anyone. If you have extra time
after calling your Senators, Senator Harkin, and Senator Chambliss, call the
other members, listed below. And pass this on to your friends and relatives in
those states!

Other Members of the Committee:
Patrick Leahy (D-VT) 202-224-4242
Kent Conrad (D-ND) 202-224-2043
Max Baucus (D-MT) 202-224-2651
Blanch Lincoln (D-AR) 202-224-4843
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) 202-224-4822
Ben Nelson (D-NE) 202-224-6551
Ken Salazar (D-CO) 202-224-5852
Sherrod Brown (D-OH) 202-224-2315
Robert Casey (D-PA) 202-224-6324
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) 202-224-3244
Richard Lugar (R-IN) 202-224-4814
Thad Cochran (R-MS) 202-224-5054
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) 202-224-2541
Pat Roberts (R-KS) 202-224-4774
Lindsey Graham (R-SC) 202-224-5972
Norm Coleman (R-MN) 202-224-5641
Mike Crapo (R-ID) 202-224-6142
John Thune (R-SD) 202-224-2321
Charles Grassley (R-IA) 202-224-3744

MORE INFORMATION

Section 10305 of the draft Farm Bill provides:

Sec. 10305: Protection of Information in the Animal Identification System:
The Animal Health Protection Act (7 USC 8301 et seq.) is amended ... by
inserting ... the following:

(a) Definition of National Animal Identification System - In this section, the
term "national animal identification system" means a system for identifying or
tracing animals that is established by the Secretary,
(b) Protection from Disclosure ....

For the full provision, go to http://agriculture.senate.gov/ and follow the
links for the Farm Bill.

TALKING POINTS

Please do not put any provision for NAIS in the Farm Bill. It is not right to
insert a section to address confidentiality of information collected under NAIS,
without addressing the myriad abuses that USDA has committed under the program.

NAIS will hurt our economy:

* There still is no cost-benefit analysis of NAIS. USDA has only recently
requested one from Kansas State University. The study is unlikely to be a
thorough or unbiased study, given that Kansas State has just established a
federally-funded Animal Identification Center.

* Costs of the program include the cost of the tags, hardware, software, time
and labor

* Many small farmer and ranchers cannot afford these costs

* Service providers (veterinarians, feed stores, auction houses, meat
processors, etc.) will be harmed when the farmers and ranchers go out of
business.

Remaining farmers will pass the costs on to consumers, adding to inflation

The USDA has provided no scientific proof to show that NAIS will improve disease
control:
* It does not address the cause, treatment, or transmission of disease, in
domestic or wild animals.

* It does not significantly improve on current methods for identification and
tracking of disease.

NAIS is not necessary for the market. Age- and source-verification is already
available through the USDA's Process Verified Program

NAIS will not improve food safety:
* USDA itself has stated that this is not a food safety program

* Contamination of food with e. coli and other bacteria occurs at the
slaughterhouse or afterwards, while NAIS will stop before that point.

NAIS will not protect against terrorism:
* The microchips chosen by the state can be cloned, destroyed, or infected with
computer viruses, and reprogrammed. Any terrorist or thief can use this.

* The database of information, created by the state agency and available to
USDA, will provide a target for hackers.

NAIS infringes on people's constitutional rights, including due process,
privacy, and religious freedom.

Our postal address is
PMB #106-380
4200 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20016

 

[McGoo]

Getting back to the reason for the diseases is, I believe, that animals are being fed animals and CAFOs/ Feedlots are horrific.

This is why I am so particular with my chicken feed. I only get the very best. And I allow them free range. I let them forage for their bugs/protein.

Well I see that this is another one of those difficult issues.

Thanks again for all the information.

 

[speckledhen]

It can be a hot issue, but most people who see nothing wrong with NAIS haven't really delved into its implications. You are correct that some of the diseases they purport to be trying to prevent can be eliminated by changing some of the practices. It's another money issue-what is cheaper and better for Big Agribusiness. You will find people on both sides of it, certainly, even those who will be affected the same way. Hopefully, it can be discussed in a calm manner, with logic and correct information. And our small flocks are certainly healthier IMO, because of our safer practices than in many large factory farm operations.

 

[Bubba]

I totally agree with you Speckledhen but you need to realize you are going to lose. Big business is pushing for this. What big business wants they almost always get unless another big business is pushing back. Theres no big business fighting to keep peoples pets unlisted. Big business wants them all listed.

It will turn out like any resource/market. Laugh about it now people but the people who own chickens might indeed be rich one day. Think about it, if they wipe Counties/States clean of birds/animals they become very rare very quickly, let alone if they are already rare heritage birds like alot of us are already growing. The people left with them will be able to charge whatever they like. Plants are the next thing that will be marked. Laugh but how much you want to bet they are working on embedding some sort of ID code system into the genetics of not only plants but animals. This is what our tax dollars are going towards (Projects that do not help the American Public, only Corporate interests. They are going to take away our freedoms is where its all headed. Make a business it's the only way out of slavery unless you already happen to be rich.

Big Brother isn't here yet, it still is coming. You will know when it's here. You will have to show you're ID card to travel from State to State. What do you people know about RFID tags? After NAIS is passed how long before each animal has a RFID tag put in it that can be tracked with GPS? All the new passports have one in them, the new credit cards are putting them in. They can track you with a RFID! Imagine going to prison for owning an animal that isn't registered. That chicken is past 6 months old, you didn't register it. That Sir is a Class 2 Felony under Agricultural Law 567893, Section 666 that the Homeland Security enforces.

Funny that you can be charged for any law you break. Yet attorneys practice law in only ONE section of law their whole careers without learning a fraction for what is on the books. Think about that for a second.

ANY LAW YOU BREAK, you are accountable for. Even if it is not humanly possible to know them all let alone if there are conflicting laws on the books. Please do not say well laws are common sense you should know when your breaking them. Alot of laws on the books are not common sense.

Bubba has had a bulleye on his head for a long time.

 

[Rafter 7 Paint Horses]

I received this today...Please contact your states Senator about NAIS.

Sorry for the long post
Jean

Liberty Ark Update and Alert on the Farm Bill:

The Senate Agriculture Committee approved a version of the Farm Bill with NAIS -- Section
10305 -- in it. The full Senate is expected to vote on the Farm Bill next week, and then
it will go to a conference committee with both Senators and Representatives. Also,
although we do not know when, at some point the Senate will vote on the Agriculture
Appropriations Bill, which provides funding for USDA. So we need people to put pressure on
both the Senate and the House in the coming weeks to stop NAIS and stop funding for NAIS.

TAKE ACTION:

1) RIGHT NOW: Call or fax your Senators. You can find contact information for your
Senators at http://www.senate.gov. Talk to them about NAIS in general, and tell them you
want Section 10305 taken out and funding stopped.

MESSAGE 1: Take Section 10305 out of the Farm Bill because it gives tacit support for a
badly conceived and badly implemented program. Section 10305 also provides false
reassurance that the information in the databases will be confidential, when experience
has shown that government databases are vulnerable.

REASONS: NAIS needs to be stopped, not encouraged:

o It will destroy independent agriculture, the backbone of this country and its food
supply
o It will not increase food safety, because food contamination happens at the
slaughterhouses and processing plants
o It will cost millions we can't afford
o USDA's claims of success to date are based on fraudulent claims of
"voluntary" premises registrations - people have been coerced, bribed, and
registered without their consent.
o Regardless of the protections in the bill, having the government or private entities
compile information on what animals citizens own, leaves those citizens open to harassment
or worse by people who hack into that database or use the information for purposes other
than what is intended.

You can find more talking points and arguments on our website, www.libertyark.net

MESSAGE 2: Stop funding for NAIS because the federal funding is driving mandatory and
coercive programs in the states.

2) Send your Senators a copy of the Liberty Ark letter outlining some of the frauds USDA
has perpetrated to promote registration under a so-called “voluntary” NAIS. The letter is
posted at http://www.libertyark.net/ltr-102407.pdf

3) Call or fax your Representative. You can find contact information for your
Representative at http://www.house.gov/. Both the Farm Bill and the Appropriations Bill
will ultimately go to conference committee, so we need Representatives educated as well.
Use the same message as for your Senators.

A sample letter is below.

GENERAL SUGGESTIONS:

We need to ensure that all legislators are educated about NAIS. So whether your immediate
reason for calling is the Farm Bill or the Appropriations Bill, be sure to mention both.
The bottom-line message is: No NAIS, in any form! It's best to ask to speak to their
staffer who handles agriculture issues. Take a few minutes to let that staffer know you're
against NAIS, and that you vote. You may get the opportunity to educate the staffer. Grab
it and let them know the real facts about NAIS!

SAMPLE LETTER:

It is best to FAX the letter to your Senator or Representative. Because of security
measures, letters mailed to DC take weeks or months to get there. If you can’t fax, then
either mail a letter to the local district office or use email. We recommend that you
follow up with a call, to make sure the email does not simply get overlooked.

Dear _________:

I oppose Section 10305 of the Farm Bill because it implies approval of the USDA’s National
Animal Identification System (NAIS). NAIS has never been approved or even debated by
either branch of Congress. Indeed, few members of the Senate or House know the details of
NAIS, understand its implications for destroying America's remaining independent farms, or
recognize the misleading and coercive tactics USDA uses to ram this program past our
elected officials.

I urge you to remove section 10305 from the Farm Bill and to stop funding for NAIS.

Sincerely,
Name
Address
City, State Zip


BACKGROUND AND MORE INFORMATION:

FARM BILL, Section 10305. Section 10305 of the Farm Bill, as approved by the Senate
Agriculture Committee, amends the Animal Health Protection Act to (1) insert a definition
of NAIS; and (2) provide various exceptions from public disclosure for information
collected under NAIS. The inclusion of Section 10305 represents a tacit approval of NAIS,
which is a very serious problem for the grassroots opposition to NAIS. But it is not a
complete adoption of NAIS, nor does it mandate NAIS directly. So Section 10305 represents
a battle in this war against NAIS, but it is not a decisive battle for either side.

The vast majority of Senators and Representatives still know little about NAIS, and what
they've been told comes primarily from mainstream corporate agriculture representatives,
and people who claim it's a food safety program. We must continue to educate our
legislators. This means sticking with the basics of NAIS and why it is the wrong thing for
America.

FUNDING ISSUES: Coalition Letter on the Fraud of "Voluntary" Premises
Registrations. To protest continued funding of NAIS based on fraudulent claims by USDA of
"voluntary" premises registrations, we've sent a letter to the Chair and Ranking
Minority Members of the Agriculture Appropriations Committees of both the Senate and
House, and sent copies to all of the Committee members. The letter outlines the various
ways USDA has manipulated information to claim a greater percentage of premises are
registered than is true, and the coercion, bribing, and data dumping that's been used to
produce these supposedly "voluntary" registrations. Citizens are having their
real estate registered against their will, and our legislators aren't aware. We urge you
to send a copy of this letter to your Senators. You can find the letter at: http://www.libertyark.net/ltr-102407.pdf

TOLL-FREE NUMBERS

Here are some toll-free numbers for the Capitol Switchboard:

1-866-220-0044
1-866-340-9281
1-877-851-6437
1-888-355-3588
1-800-833-6354
1-800-450-8293
1-877-762-8722
1-877-762-8762

 

[picklespickles]

i was reading online the other day and arizona, as a state, is against. that was cool.

 

[Barnyard Dawg]

I am against the NAIS implementaion.

I think of the NAIS as a testing ground for the future mico chipping of every man, women and child. That is what scared me the most about it. Don't fool yourself, mans mind has become very sick with greed and power, there is nothing they won't stoop to gain the power over the peoples free will. For without free will everything dies.

 

[Rafter 7 Paint Horses]

Amen, Barnyard Dawg


Jean