Winds of Change

Joel Salatin on Food Safety and NAIS.

For those of you who have been following the direction of NAIS (national animal identification system) there is good news on that front.  Jeff Walter reports on it on his site: No NAIS.

NAIS Update 2010
General — walterj 3:33 am
“The real world was not kind to the USDA’s plans for a National Animal Identification System (NAIS). It is now January 2010 and NAIS is still pretty much dead in the water. According to the USDA’s timeline all three components of NAIS were supposed to be fully implemented by January of 2009. The reality is:

Premises ID has not been implemented.

Animal Tagging has not been implemented.

Animal Tracking has not been implemented.

Over 90% of farmers and consumers were vehemently against NAIS both in independent polls and at the USDA’s own listening sessions in 2009.

Congress has defunded NAIS.

Proponents of NAIS, who benefit by selling tags and market monopolies through Big Ag, continue to promote NAIS quietly looking for back doors through which they might slip the noose over the necks of free farmers and consumers.

Be vigilant. Keep supporting small-scale local agriculture because that is where food security lies.”

We really have to be vigilant as Jeff says and keep our elected official’s feet to the fire. Our elected officials are there to serve us not vice versa!

We must continue the fight for our food! And since Monsanto’s former VP is the Food Safety Czar that’s like putting the fox in charge of the hen house! As Joel Salatin emphasizes this movement has got to be from the ground up….no pun intended!!!