Sue and I have been invited to speak on the Derry Brownfield show at 10 am central this morning text
Derry Brownfield
about our attempts to have 4 species specific slots at the:

INTERNATIONAL HOMELAND SECURITY TRAINING Two Day Tabletop Exercises

Meeting Link

Some of these shows end up “running off course” and we need you all to help be our rudders. We need gentle guiding hands so we don’t end up meandering off course.

So - the number is: 800-973-3779 ——— On Air

Hope to hear you there - or at least be heard.

Thanks -

Sharon Sabo
Illinois Independent Consumers and Farmers Association

Every BUZUP gives it another vote. Votes between 300 and 500 get lead headlines on Yahoo news for those pulling up e-mail.

Lets get the word out!

Seems the Feds are going to be real busy covering their donkeys soon and the courts are going to be so packed the judges will have to do 16 hour shifts. After this how can anyone expect a farmer to trust tests run by the government???

“….The reports states that the Bureau [FBI] forensic lab relies on untested theories conducted by poorly trained technicians who have no training in sciences and statistics….The new report also establishes that the FBI lab fingerprint identification methods are faulty. ….In academic circles, some experts have not hidden their anger toward certain programs and what seems to be an attempt to cover-up decades of fraudulent forensic sciences…”

“I’m sure that every defense attorney in the country is waiting for this report to come out,” a person who read it says. “There are going to be challenges to fingerprints and firearms evidence and the general lack of empirical grounding. It’s going to be big.”

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S.384 - The Global Food Security Act of 2009

The language in this one is broad enough to ensure a NAIS traceability type system is necessary so we can also “feed the world”.

According to this, the “Special Coordinator for Food Security” has the power to “take such actions as are necessary to ensure the coordination of the food security efforts and programs of the United States…” (Section 102 (a)(2) )

That is about as broadly written as you will find…whatever it takes to protect us…and the world.

SEC. 102. COMPREHENSIVE FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY.

(a) Special Coordinator- The President shall designate an individual to serve in the Executive Office of the President as the Special Coordinator for Food Security. The coordinator shall assist the President by–

(1) advising the President on international food security issues;

(2) taking such actions as are necessary to ensure the coordination of the food security efforts and programs of the United States, including the activities of Federal agencies; and

It says “….At the same time, a growing number of producers seems to
agree that some type of universal animal identification (ID) program would be a beneficial tool in
addressing animal disease problems.
..” WHERE the @#$#@ did they GET THAT from?

They even say “…For example, smaller (i.e., fewer than 100-head) cow-calf operations (where beef cows are bred
and born) represent a majority of such operations and hold nearly half of all U.S. Cattle.
…” How can they think those Cow/calf operators WANT NAIS??

Animal Agriculture 2008 Farm Bill. 1/9/2009 click

“…With a few exceptions (such as milk), the products of animal agriculture are not eligible for the
price and income supports that Congress historically has written into farm bills for major row
crops such as grains, cotton, and oilseeds. However, the meat and poultry industries do look to the
federal government for leadership and support in promoting their exports, resolving trade
disputes, and reassuring markets that their products are safe, of high quality, and disease-free.
Farm bills can contain policy guidance and resources to help achieve these objectives.

1,142,357 Livestock farms in 2002 – see chart on pg 2
“ the farm value of animal production was more than $105 billion
in 2002, more than half the total value of all U.S. agricultural production”

“….The United States is a world leader in the production, consumption, and export of meat and
poultry products. One indicator of the increasing reliance of the animal sector on international
trade is the share of U.S. domestic production that is exported, a figure that has increased
significantly over the past 35 years.
Broiler meat exports have grown from 1.3% of production in 1970 to 14.9% of production in
2006 and nearly 16.2% in 2007. Pork exports climbed from 1.3% to 14.3% over the same period
(see Figure 1). Beef exports also climbed, from 0.2% of domestic production in 1970 to 9.6% in
2003.

When world markets closed to U.S. beef after a Canadian-born cow with bovine
spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was discovered in Washington state late in 2003, exports
dropped precipitously to 1.9% of production in 2004. Two more BSE cases subsequently were
found in U.S.-born cattle under a more intensive surveillance program, but beef exports are again
rebuilding gradually. They reached 5.4% of production in 2007. The United States has long been
a dominant world player, but increasing reliance on exports also has brought new challenges.
Other countries are competing vigorously for the same country markets.Table 2 discusses the
relative position of the United States in world trade of beef and veal, pork, broilers, and turkey.

Many years of effort to build export sales can be reversed abruptly due to an animal disease
outbreak. When other countries restrict U.S. meat or poultry products, whether due to the
discovery of BSE, an outbreak of avian influenza, or some other health problem, it often takes
many additional years for the United States to regain those markets, as has occurred in Japan and
Korea, the first and third most important destinations, respectively, for U.S. beef prior to the
occurrence of BSE here.
….

Despite several years of effort on the part of USDA, as well as industry groups, and states—and
public funding totaling an anticipated $128 million through FY2008—a universal U.S. system is
not expected to be in place for some time, as policymakers attempt to resolve numerous questions
about its design and purpose. Should animal ID be mandated? What types of information should
be collected, on what animal species, and who should hold it, government or private entities? To
what extent should producer records be shielded from the public and other government agencies?
Should animal ID be expanded to traceability of meat and poultry products from farm to the
consumer, or used for other purposes such as food safety or certification of labeling claims? How
much will it cost, and who should pay? In response, USDA currently envisions a voluntary
universal system for all of the major farm and ranch species of live animals, involving a
cooperative effort between federal, state, tribal, producer and breed organizations….”

According to the NONAIS time line:
“Beginning in 2002 - Using the 9/11 terrorist scare and the threat of BSE (mad cow disease) the USDA lobbied for more control and power.” click

Is there anything significant that happened between the 1995 World Trade organization’s Agreement on Agriculture and 2002 to spur Big Ag into trying to drive farmers off their land?

“With China’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) in December 2001, U.S. agricultural interests were hopeful that longstanding barriers to trade with that vast and growing market would begin to fall….

The stakes for U.S. agricultural producers are high. Although the United States has a large overall trade deficit with China, the value of its farm exports there far outpace farm imports (see table). From calendar year (CY) 1997 through CY2001, China has been the 7th largest foreign market for U.S. farm products; when Hong Kong is included, it is the 4th largest. The United States in recent years has provided about one-fourth of China’s total agricultural imports and about one-third of all consumer food imports. With a 1.2 billion population, rising incomes, and a growing middle class, China has enormous potential as a market for U.S. food and agricultural products….”

And there falling very neatly into Walter’s timeline we have the economic incentive for NAIS.

Here are links to the legislation being proposed and the committees they are currently referred to.

Go to the link, see if your representative is involved (Illinois is in HR875 that is why I included it as an example), click on that link, and send him/her your opinion. It is really that easy. Don’t forget that Poultry is involved among the 33 species, so if you have/know of someone who has chickens, et al - you might want to forward to them also.

HR875

ILLINOIS SPECIFIC:

Jan Schakowsky

“For twenty years prior to her election to the State House, Schakowsky fought for the public interest and rights of Illinois citizens.” -

QUOTE FROM HIS/HER SITE

MAKE THEM PROVE IT

HR814

Sharon Sabo
IICFA

Makes perfect sense,and I dont have to tell anyone her introducing this BS is immoral!
Shes supposed to represent us!

Whether or not she gets any pay from MONSANTO directly is irrelevant,she in fact gets paid through her husband it would seem,can anyone say “conflict of interest” and unethical??

These people think theyre above us all, times coming when theyll lick the dust at our feet!

“Live free or die tryin”