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New York Dairy Farmer Turns the Tables When the Ag Inspectors Arrive for a Visit

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Wondering what an article about a New York dairy farmer is doing on a Tennessee site? Read on. This article first appeared at thecompletepatient.com.
Over the last two weeks, Andrea Elliott has been writing emails to farm associations, her Congressman, and members of the U.S. House and Senate agriculture committees—all urging that the upcoming farm [...]

ACTION ALERT: Farm Bill Paves Way for Mandatory NAIS

Saturday, July 21st, 2007

*** CALL YOUR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ***
On Thursday, July 19, the U.S. House Ag Committee passed the Farm Bill with a provision that paves the way for mandatory NAIS. Inserted by Collin Peterson (U.S. House Ag. Committee Chairman, D-MN), the provision allows linking mandatory NAIS to Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) by repealing a law that [...]

Quick! Stop latest attempt to slip in NAIS!

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Since the Federal Reserve Bill was sneaked into law just before Christmas 1913, when many members had already left for the holiday, congress has had a history of sneaking through legislation and ramming it down an unwilling country’s throat.
A believable source just warned me that members of congress are trying to slip NAIS in at [...]