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Fact sheets

Summary statement about NAIS

Alternatives to NAIS: Why the NAIS is not needed for animal health, food safety, or the market

Recent Coverage

http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/news/local/5_20_09_USDA_Does_Their_Animal_System_Work

http://www.news8austin.com/your_news/default.asp?ArID=241134

http://kut.org/items/show/16874

Press Releases

Farming and Consumer Organizations Urge Wisconsin Court to Strike Down Mandatory Premises Registration in Face of Religious Objections (Dec. 2, 2009)

Family Farmers, Ranchers and Local Food Advocates Criticize Efforts to Tie School Lunch Program to Animal ID (June 25, 2008)

Rural Texas Invades the Capital (Feb. 12, 2007)

National Animal ID Marches On (Dec. 6, 2006)

Big Brother Wants to Know ... (May 15, 2006)

FARFA's Creation (April 9, 2006)

Potential interviewees

FARFA can connect reporters with experts and affected individuals to interview. Please call the office at 512-243-9404 or email judith@farmandranchfreedom.org.

• Respected professor, Director of Evolunionary Biology program, who specializes in the evolution of infectious disease.
• Author of a non-fiction bestseller about avian flu.
• Executive of a leading microchip company.
• Veterinarians who specialize in holistic animal health.
• Small farmers, ranchers, and horse owners in multiple states.

News Archives

January 14, 2008: LA Times front page article about NAIS

December 2007: The Nation

Austin American Statesman, Don't Tag Texas Rally (Mar. 3, 2007) - http://www.statesman.com/news/news/stories/local/03/03/3rally.html

Fort Worth Weekly, Don't Tag Texas Rally (Feb. 28, 2007) - http://www.fwweekly.com/content.asp?article=4653

Palestine Herald, Don't Tag Texas Rally (Mar. 3, 2007) - http://www.palestineherald.com/homepage/local_story_062011057.html?keyword=leadpicturestory

KTBC (Fox 7) News, Don't Tag Texas Rally (Mar. 2, 2007): http://www.myfoxaustin.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=74579E59860AA9FCF1204EDB0EB09397?contentId=2556671&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1

Other Press Coverage of "Don't Tag Texas" Rally

Brenham Banner press (Feb. 13, 2007) http://www.brenhambanner.com/articles/2007/02/13/news/news01.txt

USDA provides Opt-Out (Feb. 8, 2007): http://sev.prnewswire.com/agriculture/20070208/CLTH19508022007-1.html

"Public speaks out on animal ID plan at Aug. 31 meeting," Bastrop Advertiser, Bastrop, TX, September 7, 2006.

News 8 Austin (Texas) story on Lockhart Town Hall meeting with more than 200 in attendance. http://www.news8austin.com/headlines/?ArID=168136&SecID=2

Houston Radio KPFT 90.1-FM hosts a call-in show covering the National Animal ID System. Guest are Judith McGeary (Director & Founder of the Farmers and Ranchers Freedom Alliance, FARFA) and Brad Stufflebeam (Pres. of the Texas Organic Farmers & Gardeners Assoc., TOFGA). Listen to the audio archive here (MP3 file, player required).

News 8 Austin story, May 17, 2006: http://www.news8austin.com/top_stories/?SecID=1

FARFA director, board members quoted in Congressman Duncan (TN) speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives: http://www.moreliberty.org/more_liberty/2006/05/speech_against_.html

May 8, 2006:
Harrison County and the City of Marshall (TX) adopt resolutions opposing NAIS
also
news story in the Marshal News-Messenger on the resolutions

April 6, 2006:
USDA Releases National Animal Identification System Implementation Plan

April 4, 2006:
TAHC announces the mandatory premises registration regulations are on hold until 2007