Click here for a copy of the NAIS bill that the Tennessee Ag Committee voted in favour of, unanimously, yesterday. This bill is, of course, not perfect. It is, though, a step in the right direction. Thank you very much to everyone for calling and emailing when we wrote to you and when we didn’t. [...]

The moment we’ve been waiting for is at hand: the moment to hammer a nail in the head of NAIS in Tennessee. The House Ag Committee will vote on Frank Niceley’s bill HB 976 this coming Tuesday, May 1, 2007. His bill would forbid any state funds to be spent on any animal identification system [...]

“It’s been only a few hours since the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) made its voluntary-to-required debut in Michigan, and already a farmer is challenging its underpinnings. The Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) quickly responded by quarantining his farm.” This is what looms on the horizon for us right here in Tennessee unless we act [...]