Who is the marketing agency for the USDA anyway?

You've just got to read this article in this month's Cooperative Living magazine put out by Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives with a circulation of 350,000.

"I have been following with interest and much dismay the dialogue regarding the anti-animal-identification-system movement in Virginia and some areas of this great country.

If you believe the naysayers, this is all some grand conspiracy of the federal government to snoop into our business or figure out a way to tax us more. Nothing could be further from the truth."

Read the rest of it here. Food For Thought

Virginia files no NAIS bill

HOUSE BILL NO. 1990
Offered January 10, 2007
Prefiled January 5, 2007
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 3.1-14.4, relating to the National Animal Identification System.
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Patron– Wittman
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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section
numbered 3.1-14.4 as follows:

§ 3.1-14.4. National Animal Identification System.

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall ensure that the Department does not participate in or provide any assistance to the establishment of the National Animal Identification System or any substantially similar program.

Make sure you call your state reps and support them to vote for this bill.