FARFA coordinated letters to Congress and USDA (read here) that were signed by 100 organizations, asking that USDA use the funds appropriated to wrap up NAIS…
Letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Re: Funding for National Animal Identification System
FARFA coordinated letters to Congress (read here) and USDA that were signed by 100 organizations, asking that USDA use the funds appropriated to wrap up NAIS and…
Agriculture Appropriations Conference Committee Issues Report
The Agriculture Appropriations Conference Committee has issued its report, and NAIS got $5.3 million in funding for Fiscal Year 2010. This is about 1/3 of what…
Letter to U.S. Senate – Urging Tester Amendment to Cut NAIS Funding
FARFA coordinated a letter to the U.S. Senate, signed by 77 organizations, urging that the Tester Amendment to cut NAIS funding in half be adopted, as…
USDA Listening Sessions Report: Americans Say NO to NAIS! (May-June 2009)
USDA has held nine listening sessions so far. The participants at all the meetings have been overwhelmingly anti-NAIS. Multiple organizations have worked to spread the word,…
Presentation by Judith McGeary, Executive Director
My name is Judith McGeary, and I am the Executive Director of the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance. FARFA represents small farmers, homesteaders, and consumers across…
NAIS: Government and Industry Documents
Below is a list of government and industry documents, including USDA documents and comments from the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance to various agencies and U.S….
Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack Hosts Roundtable on NAIS – Update
Last week, Secretary Vilsack held a roundtable in DC, inviting 29 organizations to present their views on the NAIS. More than a third of the organizations…
Comments to Secretary Vilsack at NAIS Roundtable
The Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance (FARFA) requests that USDA halt implementation of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). Contrary to its stated purposes, NAIS will not address…
70+ Organizations Urge USDA to Stop Implementation of NAIS Business Plan
FARFA and 70+ organizations urge USDA to stop implementation of NAIS Business Plan and de-link federal disease programs from NAIS premises registration.