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Article: The "National Animal Identification System": a new threat to rural freedom?
- Article from:
- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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Small farmers and homesteaders have chosen their way of life because they love their freedom--the freedom from urban noise and congestion, the independence from government and corporate interference, the self-reliance of providing one's own shelter, water, food. Now the USDA's NAIS--National Animal Identification System--threatens the traditional freedoms of the rural way of life.
The genesis of the NAIS
The NAIS is the brainchild of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA). Who is the NIAA? Primarily two groups--(1) the biggest corporate players in U.S. meat production (for example, the National Pork Producers, Monsanto, Cargill Meat); and ...