Grass Based Farmer from Michigan Starts Anti-NAIS Petition Campaign

By Kimberly Hartke | Published: May 15, 2009

Mike Murphy needs your help. He fears that NAIS, the USDA”s National Animal ID System will be forced upon America’s farmers unless a massive resistance is apparent to our legislators.

Mike is a grass based farmer, and a veteran.

Unless you want every farm animal wearing microchip “dog tags” and under federal surveillance, and their owners under the thumb of Big Brother, please sign his petition and share and post it on other forums.

http://www.petition2congress.com/2/1903/veterans-against-nais/

Only Consumers Can Stop NAIS

Only Consumers Can Stop NAIS

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4 Comments

  1. Vin | NaturalBias.com
    Posted May 15, 2009 at 6:06 pm | Permalink

    Hi Kimberly, thanks for posting this! I wrote about NAIS on my blog a few months ago when HR 875 was a hot topic and am happy to speak up against it. I signed the petition, sent the emails to congress, and will pass along the link to the petition!

    Vin | NaturalBias.com’s last blog post..Why Free Food Isn’t Really Free

  2. FoodRenegade
    Posted May 15, 2009 at 8:34 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for posting this link and making it easy for us to take action. We really need to see a groundswell of support for small farmers and hobbyists!

    Cheers,
    KristenM
    (AKA FoodRenegade)

    FoodRenegade’s last blog post..Michael Pollan On Marketing Food

  3. Monica Hughes
    Posted May 17, 2009 at 10:13 pm | Permalink

    Very nice!

    One of my readers weighed in on the NAIS listening session in PA. There was a good deal of resistance, let’s keep it up across the country. She describes her experience here:

    http://www.fa-rm.org/blog/2009/05/reader-weighs-in-on-nature-of-nais.html

  4. Mike Murphy
    Posted May 20, 2009 at 12:50 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for adding your voices to those speaking out against NAIS. They need to keep hearing from us. If enough of us speak out, they will have to listen.

    For those of you who wondered how the first “listening session” went, read the colorful comments from farmers and ranchers below. The numbers of people speaking for and against NAIS, even with their controlled forum, and instructions is very revealing. We will see if Vilsack really listens.

    http://www.naissucks.com/index.php?con=Listening_Session_051409

    Mike Murphy

    Mike Murphy’s last blog post..No Homework

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