http://NoNAIS.org Protect our traditional rights to farm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:54:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In an important victory for our basic rights a judge has ruled for an Amish farmer against the state of Wisconson regarding Premise ID, a fundimental cornerstone of the government's plan for the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). Clark Co. Judge Rules in Favor of Amish in Premises ID Case Wisconsin Ag ... http://NoNAIS.org/2010/03/11/wi-judge-kills-premise-id/ In a startling little sideline the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) has demonstrated why a mandatory tracking system is not necessary for disease detectives. Likewise this demonstrates how the USDA's proposed National Animal Identification System (NAIS) is also not necessary. As they scrambled recently to trace the source of ... http://NoNAIS.org/2010/03/10/cdc-mandatory-not-necessary/ The feds are overstepping their juristiction attempting to impose DOT regulations on farmers for tractors and other farm vehicles. Please write to your Congressional critters to oppose and stop this nonsense. Here’s a look at what the federal government has proposed: – Age restrictions: No one under the age of 18 will ... http://NoNAIS.org/2010/03/02/feds-dot-farm-tractors/ Interesting YouTube snippet. Is Emerson Pro-NAIS (what ever you want to call it) or Anti-NAIS? I currently have her on my "Naughty Pro-NAIS" list at right. Are we seeing real change at either the federal or state level? The farmers and consumers spoke, they overwhelmingly, nearly 100%, are against ... http://NoNAIS.org/2010/03/02/emerson-vs-vilsack/ 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/2010/03/01/bulletin-board-201003/ Multi-Million Dollar Animal Rights Group Accused of Corruption Lawsuit Available at HumaneWatch.org Washington – In a landmark RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) lawsuit certain to have far-reaching implications for the animal rights movement, Feld Entertainment and the Ringling Brothers circus sued the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), its ... http://NoNAIS.org/2010/02/28/hsus-racketeering-lawsuit/ The USDA held a conference call about the new animal identification initiative to replace the failed National Animal Identification System (NAIS) this afternoon. Sharon Z attended and sent these notes: Premises registration database expunged? ... NO. Glenn Fisher. he's proud of the scrapie program. Few modifications it could be make to fit ... http://NoNAIS.org/2010/02/26/usda-not-nais-conf-call-201002/ From Doreen: Easter Bunny Reports:"NAIS IS DEAD!" As I reported after returning from the NIAA (National Institute for Animal Agriculture) meeting last August, rumors of the death of NAIS have been greatly exaggerated. (Read) The USDA has finally admitted that they have too much negative publicity surrounding the name NAIS, and that ... http://NoNAIS.org/2010/02/25/easter-bunny-nais-report/ Promoted from comments by Barbara: Another animal ID poll on TheHorse.com. About halfway down the page on the left. We need more people to respond to "Should some form of permanent identification be required for every horse in the United States?" Poll http://NoNAIS.org/2010/02/19/thehorsecom-poll-201002/ Interesting item from my dashboard: Blog Stats There are currently 1,011 posts and 9,817 comments, contained within 17 categories. We're soon coming up to the 10,000th comment... http://NoNAIS.org/2010/02/16/blog-stats-20100216/