The Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance (FARFA) is leading the fight to save family farms and individuals from expensive and unnecessary government regulation. Help us protect our food supply and our liberties!
* Tell FDA you want to know what's in your food -- it's time to require GMOs to be labeled! Take action today
* Please remember FARFA in your end-of-the-year giving! Donate $50 and receive a wonderful thank you gift -- a DVD from our conference! More details here
* Read FARFA's comments on the proposed Animal ID rule.
* Texas: Comment on the state's proposed ID rule for cattle & find out about the new registration requirement for the agricultural sales tax exemption here (Nov. 29)
* Texas: Cottage foods bill and provisions to help farmers markets went into effect on September 1! More details on our Texas 2011 page
* FAR
FA files amici brief in lawsuit against Monsanto, supporting farmers who seek protection from Monsanto's aggressive patent enforcement actions. (Aug. 11)
The National Animal Identification System ("NAIS") posed a serious threat to all farmers, ranchers, livestock owners, and companion-animal owners, whether they are organic or conventional, small or large, involved with animals for business or for pleasure. It would have required every person with even one horse, cow, chicken, pig, goat, sheep, or virtually any other livestock animal on their premises to register their homes and property into a database and subject their property and animals to government surveillance.
Under the earlier plans for NAIS, each animal would have to be identified and physically tagged, in many cases with radio frequency tags or microchips. Factory farms of chickens and swine would be able to identify whole groups of animals with one number, but most regular farmers and individuals would have to identify each animal individually. “Events” in the animal’s life would have to be reported within 24 hours. All of this information will be kept in databases by the state government or private companies, while the federal government will have the right to access the databases as it deems necessary.
Although the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has stated that it is dropping the original plans for NAIS, Big Ag and Big Tech continue to push for the program at both the federal and state levels.
For more information concerning the NAIS or the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance, email info@farmandranchfreedom.org or call (254) 697-2661.
