I had a couple of ideas I wanted to run by you folks and ask your help with. After our less than thrilling meeting with the legislators in July, I started...
*Contents: 1. Movement Against NAIS in Massachusetts Pursues Long-Term Strategy **2. Local Event: Informational Meeting on NAIS **- August 29, 7pm, Agawam* *3....
*Contents: *1. Link to An open Letter to Commissioner Gillespie about MDAR's Role in Implementing NAIS <http://www.nofamass.org/programs/pdfs/ATT00114.pdf> by...
The vast public outcry in Vermont has already had a powerful effect in pressuring the Ag Secretary in that state to back off on implementing the first stages...
*Reminder: Upcoming Informational Meeting on NAIS* These are the dates, times and town where 3 upcoming meetings on NAIS are happening: Agawam, August 29...
I received my premise identification number, account number, username, and password from MDAR. Accuracy of information doesn't look too good since they...
The government documents regarding the Henshaw Incident: http://nonais.org/index.php/2006/09/29/henshaw-incident/ are now downloadable at the end of this...
Jeff -- Your comment raises one of the issues I had about the agreement -- is NAIS the MDAR who has directed me to this site or the USDA or who? How can anyone...
Tricia, Thanks for reporting on this. Are there any others who have received their PIN numbers from the state? Gillespie promised that this would happen at the...
I spoke with Mike Cahill this afternoon -- seems like a very straightforward, knowledgeable person. Easy to converse with. He basically said that the state was...
In this email there are announcements for two upcoming Informational Meetings on NAIS in Great Barrington and then in Whately. Then I included an editorial...
*1. Local Event: Informational Forum on NAIS - Thursday, November 2, 7pm, Southwick * *What:* Farmers and state officials will hold an informational forum on a...
*Contents:* *1. NOFA/Mass **Press Release: Facing Opposition, USDA and MDAR Back Off Mandatory Animal ID Plan* *2. Shift to voluntary animal ID program doesn't...
Well, the meeting last night went well. Only 6 people there last night, besides my dad and I. But we had quite a good discussion, and I passed out the NoNAIS...
*News:* The Vermont Agency of Agriculture (AoA) has recently chosen not to apply for federal funding under the USDA's Fiscal Year 2007 Cooperative Agreement...
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*News:* Senator Steve Brewer and Representative Anne Gobi have both filed companion legislation (language copied below) in Massachusetts that would stop the...
The fight against NAIS, the National Animal Identification System, is critical to the survival of Massachusetts small farms, and those who keep horses and...
Yesterday, I received a call from a farmer in Massachusetts who had been sent a survey from the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). We understand...
*News:* Your calls asking officials to sign onto bills stopping NAIS in Massachusetts made a difference! The companion legislation filed by Senator Steve...
USDA provides an "OPT OUT" procedure for NAIS In a dramatic reversal of policy, the USDA has decided to provide an "OPT OUT" procedure for people whose...
This may be somewhat off-topic, but maybe not. In early January, MDAR mailed me a memo from Brad Mitchell, MDAR's Director of Biosecurity and Regulatory...
Tricia, I haven't received a notice yet, but the USDA Scrapie Eradication program has been mandated since its beginning. It was the level of involvement that ...
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