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	<title>Tennessee Farmers &amp; Freeholders</title>
	
	<link>http://farmersandfreeholders.org</link>
	<description>Giving Tennesseans a voice. Giving Tennessee farmers a chance.</description>
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		<title>TFF Meeting Report: Where We Go From Here</title>
		<link>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/11/13/tff-meeting-report-where-we-go-from-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Sanders</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you weren&#8217;t able to make it to the Tennessee Farmers and Freeholders meeting last night in Franklin, you really missed out.
Not only did Frank Niceley give a fascinating speech telling the news of a very hopeful year for small farm legislation in Tennessee, but also there were a bunch of dedicated people there—farmers, their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TF&amp;F Meeting: November 12, 2008</title>
		<link>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/11/03/tff-meeting-november-12-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/11/03/tff-meeting-november-12-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Collin Houseal</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[What in the world is a “freeholder”? And what in the world is Tennessee Farmers &#38; Freeholders?
A freeholder is any farmer or other Tennessean who owns and runs his own place. Tennessee Farmers &#38; Freeholders is an organization formed to give a voice to the invisible: Tennessee’s farmers, small businessmen and consumers are often crushed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legal Defense Fund Moves to Stop Animal ID Program</title>
		<link>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/05/15/legal-defense-fund-moves-to-stop-animal-id-program/</link>
		<comments>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/05/15/legal-defense-fund-moves-to-stop-animal-id-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 03:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Collin Houseal</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/05/15/legal-defense-fund-moves-to-stop-animal-id-program/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Attorneys for the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund today sent a Notice of Intent to Sue letter to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) over implementation of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), a plan to electronically track every livestock animal in the country.
The Notice asks the USDA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you want REAL ID? Governor Bredesen wants to know.</title>
		<link>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/03/31/do-you-want-real-id-gov-bredesen-wants-to-know/</link>
		<comments>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/03/31/do-you-want-real-id-gov-bredesen-wants-to-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Collin Houseal</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We have confirmed that Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen is conducting a little-known poll/tally regarding the REAL ID. He wants to know what Tennesseeans think, so let&#8217;s tell him. Light up those phones!
Please, take 10 seconds out of your day (that&#8217;s literally all it will take) and call his office at 615-741-2001 and politely but clearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scrapie Tags = Low-Tech Animal ID</title>
		<link>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/01/14/scrapie-tags-low-tech-animal-id/</link>
		<comments>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/01/14/scrapie-tags-low-tech-animal-id/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Sanders</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I discovered something interesting.
It is no longer legal to sell sheep or goats in Tennessee.
What?
Right, it is no longer legal to sell sheep or goats in Tennessee.
I know, you’re thinking I put a tablespoon of crazy in my Cheerios today, but read on.
I opened a letter this morning from the Tennessee Livestock Producers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Dairy Farmer Turns the Tables When the Ag Inspectors Arrive for a Visit</title>
		<link>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2007/11/07/new-york-dairy-farmer-turns-the-tables-when-the-ag-inspectors-arrive-for-a-visit/</link>
		<comments>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2007/11/07/new-york-dairy-farmer-turns-the-tables-when-the-ag-inspectors-arrive-for-a-visit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Collin Houseal</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update: Fate of the $288b Farm Bill</title>
		<link>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2007/10/30/update-fate-of-the-288b-farm-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2007/10/30/update-fate-of-the-288b-farm-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Collin Houseal</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2007/10/30/update-fate-of-the-288b-farm-bill/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Last Thursday, the Senate Agriculture Committee passed a version of the Farm Bill that will continue to award huge subsidies to the same people who have historically gotten them—including millionaires and dead people. It also lacked support for organic agriculture.&#8221;
Some things never change. Read the Environmental Working Group&#8217;s complete update here.
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		<title>ACTION ALERT: Farm Bill Paves Way for Mandatory NAIS</title>
		<link>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2007/07/21/action-alert-farm-bill-paves-way-for-mandatory-nais/</link>
		<comments>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2007/07/21/action-alert-farm-bill-paves-way-for-mandatory-nais/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Sanders</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2007/07/21/action-alert-farm-bill-paves-way-for-mandatory-nais/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[*** 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick! Stop latest attempt to slip in NAIS!</title>
		<link>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2007/05/24/quick-stop-latest-attempt-to-slip-in-nais/</link>
		<comments>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2007/05/24/quick-stop-latest-attempt-to-slip-in-nais/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 16:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Sanders</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ag Committee Unanimously Supports Tennessee NAIS Bill</title>
		<link>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2007/05/02/ag-committee-unanimously-supports-tennessee-nais-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2007/05/02/ag-committee-unanimously-supports-tennessee-nais-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 18:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Sanders</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2007/05/02/ag-committee-unanimously-supports-tennessee-nais-bill/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t. Thank [...]]]></description>
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