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White Paper on NAIS
By Monica @ 8:16 AM   
The National Independent Consumers and Farmers Association has just published an excellent white paper on NAIS. It clearly details the cost of NAIS to various size producers and is a must-read for anyone interested in fighting this new legislation:
$6.69 per head for over 400 head of cattle
$18.07 per head for 100 head of cattle
$63.61 per head for 25 cattle. (!!!!!)
I am friends with a family that raises a small herd of Angus in Longmont. This would increase their costs by at least $636 yearly. (They have at least 10 head of angus, possibly more.)
Another acquaintance who does not wish to be named went to a state hearing last year about NAIS. She told a pork producer in favor of this program (no doubt a large producer) that she didn't support NAIS because it would wipe out her family's ability to feed themselves. His response? "Well. Just go to WalMart and buy food, you idiot."
Government programs, especially NAIS, do not support family farms or a more independent lifestyle, nor will they do anything to make our food supply safer. Traceability with NAIS would end at the slaughterhouse, not the grocery store. The goal is for large producers to gain greater access to the export market. Let them use their program voluntarily, not force it on everyone else to be paid for by everyone else.
"Farm to fork" traceability with an RFID tag also makes no sense for small farmers selling directly to consumers who know exactly where the products came from.Labels: Government Idiocy, NAIS
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1 Comments:
Hey Monica,
Thanks for blogging on this!
I am grateful for the cost breakdowns. Haven't read the white paper yet but I will.
-Blair
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