Friday August 8, 2008, 8:55 am
NAIS is a business plan for corporate ag. Says so right on the front cover. But even Granny's hens, my horses and pet pot belly pigs in suburbia are included? Why? So corporate ag can tell the world what a safe meat supply they have and Japan will buy that beef. Yup! Makes sure sense to me. Just like me having a disease but I force YOU to take and pay for the meds, then I travel the world declaring I am disease free. I am not against big ag making money, but the rest of us are forced to be part of that scheme and get none of the profits, just the onerous responsibilites of making is seem like big ag has safe beef.

Friday August 8, 2008, 8:55 am
NAIS is a business plan for corporate ag. Says so right on the front cover. But even Granny's hens, my horses and pet pot belly pigs in suburbia are included? Why? So corporate ag can tell the world what a safe meat supply they have and Japan will buy that beef. Yup! Makes sure sense to me. Just like me having a disease but I force YOU to take and pay for the meds, then I travel the world declaring I am disease free. I am not against big ag making money, but the rest of us are forced to be part of that scheme and get none of the profits, just the onerous responsibilites of making is seem like big ag has safe beef.

Friday August 8, 2008, 8:57 am
NAISwas made to benefit corporate ag so they can sell meat on the global market, like to Japan. Because I own a horse, I have been included, against my will, in a business (NAIS word is "partnership" which I guess now makes us partners) that I want nothing to do with, yet I will be expected to fund it and follow rules, in which I had no input, I think are unfair, burdensome and go against my constitutional rights.

So you will understand where I am coming from, let me explain it like this ...

What if I had a mega business, say selling cars all over the world, and I wanted to show the world my clunkers have no mechanical problems, but I know they do...so I write a business plan that on the surface would show prospective clients that these cars are the best and run great...Here is how I got around that. I wrote the plans including YOU to be part of it just because you happen to own a vehicle. I never asked you nor even care what you think. But while I get to have my cars, buy them, sell them and take them anywhere I want with very few restrictions, I made rules that require YOU to to tell the govt everywhere you go, microchip the car, because I see I can make money off of it (microchip companies are in the planning of NAIS, too) and since I have so many cars, I made the rules where I get special considerations that will save me money. Then I make up some cover story that claims by YOU following all the rules in MY plan, it will somehow help save the environment or be good for the safety of all who drive cars.


Get it now?

But we are told that NAIS is about tracking disease and keeping our food supply safe....sorry, that is not so. NAIS is a business plan, says so right on the cover. The part about tracking disease was added to make it more acceptable to the public. If NAIS is about protecting the "national herd" (language straight out of fascist/communist ideologies) why then, when Creekstone Beef wanted to test every cow they process for BSE, the USDA says they could not!!! They claimed it would cost too much money. Creekstone had to take the USDA to court to sue for the right to test for BSE!



Besides, NAIS tracking ends at time of slaughter. Most food safety issues occur AFTER that, during processing. One of the big goals of NAIS is to shift liability to the farmers and off of the packers and retail chain. This is despite the fact that virtually all food contamination happens at the slaughterhouse and beyond. Ultimately the goal of the mega food corporations is consolidation and control by destroying the small farmers thus limiting consumer choice.

There are already disease tracking protocol in place, and they work just fine.

Agri biz gets ONE lot number per groups of animals, any one of which could be sick and who would know... while the rest of us have to tag/track every animal individually and pay for it.

If disease is suspected, depopulation of an entire 6 mile radius (140 square miles) is what is prescribed in the NAIS business plan. Facts are most diseases can be cured, innoculated against or prevented.