from NONAIS.org

March 5, 2009

HR 875 (anyplace that comes into contact with food or its ingredients - and does NOT exclude private residences!!),

S425: NAIS - for all food from seeds to fork.

So they are including gardens in this as well.  Now that is stupid and I don't see how they could possibly enforce it.  Tomatos and bell peppers make good house plants.......

THis item will be up for hearing on WEDNESDAY MARCH 11, 2009.

PLEASE contact your Congressional senators and representatives and let them know your feelings about NAIS.

I am all for having horses labeled as livestock .. but not if I have tell Big Brother everytime I want to leave my property.

AND.. this means even the 4H family that raises a hog, calf, sheep - has to register those animals.  TOO MUCH money being spent on something very over-the-top. 

Not everyone has internet access to notify the government of where their livestock/produce is going and when and why.

I have to believe that stockyards keep track of where cattle come from.  etc. 

Go to:   http://www.nicfa.com/  for more info.

 WHAT: Congressional Hearing on NAIS
WHEN: Wednesday, March 11
WHERE: Washington, DC

The U.S. House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry will hold a hearing on NAIS on March 11. Bills to put NAIS into law, HR875 and companion Senate S814, are being pushed through Congress, as well as an Appropriations Bill with funding for NAIS. This hearing is critical to blocking mandatory NAIS.

ACTION: Please call and fax all members of the subcommittee (below). 1. When you call, ask to speak to the legislative aide for agriculture. Form a positive relationship with the aide. Become his or her source of knowledge for NAIS. Be RESPECTFUL and POLITE. Remember, who would the aide rather speak with, someone who is courteous or someone angry and resentful?

(see www.nicfa.com for the list of reps)