http://NoNAIS.org Protect our traditional rights to farm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:05:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The lawyers from the big RFID backers were sicked on Discovery channel recently in an effort to cover up the widely publicised security flaws in RFID which is used for newer credit cards, passports, driver's licenses, national ID cards and your ever favorite, NAIS (National Animal Identification System). Fresh from their ... http://NoNAIS.org/2008/09/05/mythbusters-rfid-episode-banned/ Use the comments of this post during this month if you have things you would like to bring to people's attention and are not sure where else to post them. I'll make a new Bulletin Board each month for free posting. Have at it, communicate and keep up the good fight! Cheers, -WalterJ http://NoNAIS.org/2008/09/01/bulletin-board-200809/ In a bizarre twist of logic the US Court system has backed up the USDA ruling that they can prevent beef producer Creekstone from testing their own beef for mad cow disease (BSE). Creekstone wants to test their beef to prove it is safe for consumers. Why in the world ... http://NoNAIS.org/2008/08/30/court-rules-usda-can-stop-mad-cow-test/ One of the techniques used to persuade people to do things is scare tactics. We see this in military campaigns, political campaigns, corporate advertising, religion and in the government's agriculture policy. BIRD FLU! It will get YOU! Register your ducks & chickens! Report Illegal Poultry Now!!! Of course, they fail to mention that the transmission ... http://NoNAIS.org/2008/08/28/scare-tactics/ From Deborah Stockton: STOP NAIS IN VIRGINIA!! NAIS VIRGINIA SCRAPIE REGS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 3 -- UNLESS BLOCKED ***COME TO JCAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 11, RICHMOND***  WHEN: Thursday, September 11, 2008, 10:00 a.m. WHERE: Senate Room A, First Floor, General Assembly Building, Richmond, Virginia WHY:  To request the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules (JCAR) suspend the ... http://NoNAIS.org/2008/08/27/vi-scrapies-regs-meet-91108/ In Australia they have 11,000,000 non-existant "phantom" cattle in their system. Farmers are being trapped by errors in the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) in Australia and then being cheated out of the payment for their hard work. Now in Europe we have the story of a sheep tagging disaster... ELECTRONIC ... http://NoNAIS.org/2008/08/22/eu-sheep-tagging-disaster/ From comments: This is of interest to USA folks in all states, not just Ohio. This is from a columnist who covers ag issues for the Mount Vernon (Ohio) News. It is the final two paragraphs of a long article, "Join the Ohio NAIS rebellion," 08/16/08. The author is Arthur Bolduc. This ... http://NoNAIS.org/2008/08/17/oh-rag-delauro-peterson-20080819/ Some of the many problems with RFID are that it broadcasts data, is often re-writable and can be so easily hacked and mimicked. Our beloved despots, er, I mean leerless feaders, have repeatedly brought out supposedly "secure" passports and national ID's that were subsequently quickly hacked. The latest news from ... http://NoNAIS.org/2008/08/07/secure-passports-hacked/ Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) is a technique for process control similar to what I've used for decades. It's a good idea and required is for federally inspected meat processing plants (slaughter, butcher, smoking, etc). In the new USDA Small Plant newsletter I ran across this paragraph which ... http://NoNAIS.org/2008/08/02/haccp-beyond-the-plant/ Use the comments of this post during this month if you have things you would like to bring to people's attention and are not sure where else to post them. I'll make a new Bulletin Board each month for free posting. Have at it, communicate and keep up the good fight! Cheers, -WalterJ http://NoNAIS.org/2008/08/01/bulletin-board-200808/