2nd round of voting to stop NAIS

January 10, 2009

This is a subject that is important to all of us. NAIS stands for

National Animal Identification System - in short Big Brother is trying

to oversea all production of livestock. Homesteaders who raise their

own meat and grandma with her one egg hen will also have to register

their homes as `farm premises' and obtain a Premise ID, tag all their

animals and submit all the paperwork and fees. This will end your

choice to purchase your meat, chicken and eggs from local small farms

as the local farmer will not be able to afford all the fees. This will

also impact pet owners from horses to a pet goat or a rabbit.

NAIS was originally designed to give huge corporations help with

export markets. It will not stop animal disease or improve food

safety. NAIS will only enrich the corporations that already control

most of our food supply. Under NAIS every single livestock animal in

the United States will be identified and tagged. All livestock animal

movements will be tracked, logged and reported to the government. Big

factory confinement farms are allowed to use a single ID for thousands

of animals. Small farmers, pet owners, and homesteaders will have to

tag and track every single animal, in most cases using electronic ID.

Please help stop NAIS by regi stering and voting at

Whether or not you voted in the 1st round of voting, this is another

chance to vote. Make sure you vote in this 2nd round and make your

voice heard. Voting ends 5 p.m. ET Thursday, Jan. 15, 2008.

And pass this on to everyone you know and encourage them to vote.

Whether you're on the raising end of livestock or just the consuming

end, this affects us all.

Sandy

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