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  Old McBrother Had a Farm

  This development, a brain child of corporate industry and the Bush administration, goes way too far. The comments others have left about NAIS largely reflect my own. Is it Constitutional for this program to be mandatory? And, if it is safety concerns that have prompted the USDA to promote this program, why then, were they as negligent about Canadian beef having been exposed to mad cow as they have been? The only way, as one reader points out, that our livestock can be safe and healthy is for it to be grown in safe and healthy conditions. Fresh air, clean water, and organically grown grains, rather than that which has been genetically engineered by Monsanto.

  As soon as the Bush administration occupied Iraq, they immediately forbid it's farmers from using the seeds they had used for thousands of years. Instead, they passed laws requiring them to use seeds provided by the USA which were 'manufactured' by Monsanto. We know what that corporation has done with genetic engineering and seed. We don't know what they're planning to do with livestock.

  Further, this week the House, despite opposition, passed HR 4167, the "National Uniformity For Food Act". This act essentially nullifies all of the state and local criteria for inspecting and labeling food, even to farm raised vs. ocean raised seafood, in order for "uniform" and negligent national laws to have complete jurisdiction over all food labeling. (centerforfoodsafety.org)

  Is this administration giving themselves carte blanche to destroy our food, our livestock, our environment, our privacy and ultimately, us? Is this what we call "civilization"? On USDA ID-tag plan for farm animals has some small-scale farmers unhappy posted 3 years, 8 months ago 10 Responses