The People's Email Network Last 25 Messages Transmitted Log Go Back Reject NAIS, National Animal Identification System ********** [164509:021514] L.C., Cherry Hill, NJ I want non-gmo, organic food to be the norm, along with honest labeling. It's time to stop corporate control of our food since they refuse to act responsibly and care only about profits, and nothing about the health of the public. ********** [131417:100213] W.F., Phoenix, AZ Dear Leader, Industrial processes need to be rethought. A labeling system is only a patch. Please do not take any comfort in this proposed solution. Consider overhauling the system of agriculture. We cannot continue with inferior food and animal factory processes. In the same way that you diversify a portfolio of stocks, we need to do the same with our agriculture techniques. Large animal factory and agricultural operations are the ENRON of our times. Small stocks, like small farms, provide diversity and food security. Please shift with the times and think the way of the future on this. ********** [164318:112311] J.J., Bailey, CO Please reject this system. It is too costly, both is dollars and SENSE. Thank you, Judy Jeute ********** [114940:012611] m.c., Lawrence, KS The consequences of action not taken by the people are far dire than imaginable. Our very livelihood is at stake here. They will only start with our food, they will then continue with us (thats a matter for another day). The horror of what these corporations plan is cinematically evil. Please do what you can to notify others. We are unconscious to most of this because we allow our selves to be. Wake your spirits, wake your minds. They will come to you homes and give you citations for eating home grown food. Be the change. Act now or Perish later ********** [051516:080710] R.I., Gretna, NE You represent the people of the US. I strongly, very strongly oppose the food safety act. This is a big heist by Monsanto and the mega food corps to stop organic growers and make us all eat their roundup ready gmo "food". No thanks!!! If this bill passes to law we will all regret it. ********** [004419:070610] E.J., Reading, PA Monsanto's Michael Taylor, who gave us rBGH, is back and wants to run this centralized lie of "food safety" from the White House. This is unacceptable. No more food safety bills from men and women that have had linkd to Monsanto in the past. This is rediculous. As an American Citizen I demand better from my government. I am tired of the same old B.S. coming out of my government. We need these facts told to the American People, that our food is being controlled by the same company that brought Agent Orange to our troops in Vietnam. If you didn't know, that would be Monsanto. The company that continues to play by it's own rules. We the american people have had enough. Please don't vote for anything that Michael Taylor is presenting to Congress, as it will sure be the best thing for Monsanto, and an absolute abomination for the American Citizenry. ********** [130052:051310] R.S., Tallahassee, FL Vote to protect the citizens and not corporate America. ********** [060406:042210] S.C., Mineral Springs, NC I do not agree with (tagging) the livestock. It will not solve the problem. It will only hurt the smaller farmer, which needs our support more than ever! The large mass production facilities are the problem. Come down on them, Force them to follow cleaner, sanitary policies. I do not support the tagging in any way. Go after the real problem, and allow us the local, healthy food we deserve. ********** [184401:040710] D.s., La Honda, CA Michael Taylor's appointment to cazr of food safety is frightening. Did President Obama not campaign against lobbyist influence in Washington? And this man, a VP of Monsanto. This is critical folks. David Strohm ********** [105647:022410] b.w., Asbury, NJ It would be too easy to blame the recent peanut panic on one criminal corporation owner, who KNOWINGLY shipped Salmonella contaminated product. But before that it was millions of pounds of ground beef, and before that tomatoes all over the country, and on and on. And when you ask where is all this horrible filth coming from, with a over a million cases of Salmonella in the U.S. alone every year, the answer is self-evident. It's the huge factory farms that overflow with seas of untreated animal waste, that then spill into our food supply, including through our agricultural plant crop fields. We have a lot of work to do to clean up this giant mess, but the first thing we have to do is STOP a lunatic boondoggle being pushed by these same corporate interests, to force radio computer chip implanting of literally every farm animal in the country, EXCEPT on their own factory farms. It is absolutely nothing but a further attempt to drive small family farms out of business, who in fact are our safest source of reliably clean food now. ********** [075033:022110] T.H., Cincinnati, OH The NAIS is just another example of corporate interests that bend the rules to destroy competition (small eco-friendly farms) with little consideration for the greater good. These powerful interests are anti-competitive and monopolistic, polluters with little regard for the health and safety of the American people. ********** [132113:012410] R.C., San Francisco, CA I urge you to oppose and vanish the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) and similar "food safety" schemes, as they mainly serve the interests of those behind the corporations to the detriment of the general population and farmers. NAIS was designed by NIAA (the National Institute of Animal Agriculture), a corporate consortium consisting of Monsanto, industrial meat producers such as Cargill and Tyson, and surveillance companies such Viatrace, AgInfoLink, and Digital Angel. Don't be a puppet of corporate interests. ********** [174404:011510] C.P., Belfast, ME Let's say we are responsible adults and not Chinese merchants selling poisoned milk. It is my belief that our regulatory agencies are not fully protecting us. This idea to ID animals only on small, non-industrial farms shows that the corporate interests are not benefitting the majority of individuals. Our regulatory agencies need to protect the individuals, rather than the corporations. ********** [123244:011110] J.C., Phoenix, AZ It is past time to take vigorous action to prevent the large corporations from distributing contaminated foods to the U.S. public, while taking simultaneous action to protect the small farms which are not involved in the spread of contaminated food. NAIS would only penalize the small farmer, while bolstering the profits of the large corporate food producers and doing nothing to prevent their criminal actions. ********** [102901:123009] K.M., Matthews, NC We pay all of this money in taxes for protection against many risks that can be controlled and because of the greed and inconsideration we are not provided with that service. Many of our senators, congressmen and other representatives accept payment from lobbyiest to get elected and then owe favors. What the heck am I voting and paying taxes for when my vote is overided by others who come in through the back door make payment and get what they want. I know that our system is not perfect but, when you have systems in place that undermind the people and they don't receive a fair shake for the tax dollars that they spend then that is wrong. You let corporate tamper with our food and use unethical behavior in business with the people in so many industries that it does not make any sense. Outside of that the old model that we were using for our country does not work!!! The freedom part is good but there are alot of things that we need to change like allowing for congress to vote themselves a raise!!! Come on man!!! I am not paying taxes for that or for wars created by the Bush administration under false pretense. Also they were in on it with the Royal Family in Saudi!!! A Two year old can look at the situation and tell you that!!! ********** [133638:122109] T.L., Melbourne, FL My tummy is a very important subject to me. I like my food to come from happy, organically grown plants.And I think everyone should grow plants. It's part of being alive, it's part of who we are. It's natural, and that's sacred. So I ask you,Please do not tamper with our plant growing rights? For the sake of humanity, the planet, and our leafy friends.Plants are our best Allies, our vital opposites. And I, as one of your fellow American Citizen's, I speak for the many people around me who feel the same. We Love our small family owned businesses, very much. A world full of Wal-Marts and such of the un-magical like, would be down right ugly! Thank you for hearing me out. Sincerely, Trisha Luttrell ********** [154936:121909] M.J., Winter Garden, FL I am appalled at the NAIS , and all oppose all of the "safety" acts being placed on our foods. It's disgusting to think that you would put these large farms who are more concerned with their dollar amount in their pockets, over nutrition and overall health in charge of regulating smaller farms and organizations. This is obviously going after smaller farms who cannot afford the technology that this would require, when the same regulations are not even being enforced on the farms that are orchestrating this. Please think of our safety! Think of our children! Think of our families continued health! I don't want to be forced to imbibe these horrible companies foods. ********** [192236:111709] E.D., North Yarmouth, ME I oppose NAIS, all of the 2009 food "safety" bills, and Hillary's ridiculous "Tracing and Recalling Agricultural Contamination Everywhere Act of 2009." You can't convince the world that there's no connection between nutrition and health, nor can you convince us that industrialized farming produces safer food than small, local organic farming practices. When you crush small farmers and organic food, you threaten the human race. If you're planning on passing NAIS or any of the 2009 food "safety" bills, don't plan on being reelected. ********** [071119:110109] M.L., Reno, NV The proposed National Animal Identification System (NAIS) would force even the smallest healthy farms to buy expensive new computer tracking equipment, and potentially would subject them to gestapo-like tactics by the USDA if they are in even slight technical non-compliance. And all this just to fatten the pockets of the RFID chip manufacturers, and to make it LOOK like something is being done to make our food safer. NAIS will only be burdensome and costly (fees, tags, computer equipment, time) to small farmers which helps push them out of business, thus leaving more market to giant agribusiness. NAIS will allow total control over the competition. Agribusiness wants to reassure export customers that the US meat industry is finally cleaning up its widespread contamination. NAIS would give that appearance ... without incurring the cost of a real cleanup. ********** [062641:102009] S.N., Williston, FL Large agra-business firms have received enough help from the American government. All the bills that are supposedly about "food safety" are really designed to run the small farmers out of business. What have you done to make sure CAFO's clean up their act? Focus your efforts at putting pressure on the big boys not on destroying the individual, organic farmer. Agriculture as practiced in America today is not sustainable. Small family farms disappear at a rapid rate and these lands are taken up by big corporations whose main objective is the bottom line. You are my representative. Why aren't you doing something about this? Protect Floridians from large agricultural firms. They rape our land and destroy our water supplies. Protect us! That's your job!! ********** [101841:101209] D.P., Scranton, PA I, personally, don't know anyone who ever got sick from small farm or home made products. Small businesses take more pride in their products, and are naturally protective of the quality of their products. Their livelihoods depend on it. Small farmers and businesses usually maintain much higher standards than those imposed on Big Businesses. Small businesses don't need to be regulated, because they go out of business fast when the standard of product quality falls! START DOING YOUR JOB, AND LEAVE THE LITTLE GUYS ALONE! We love small, clean farms. We love "home-made" marketplaces, and we've had it with being "permitted" and "taxed" out the a$$. You can't stop the change that's occurring in this country. It's the first time in history that we have to regress in order to progress, and you can't, and won't, stop it! Get off our backs, and stay away from small farms and businesses. We don't want you there. We want you to do what we pay you to do... which is to protect us from Big Corporate A$$hole$ who want to own us! ********** [094807:092909] A.D., Staten Island, NY Oppose Hr875. Food safety should be #1. ********** [123551:091709] S.G., Duncanville, TX Do not trample on the rights of small farmers and health-conscious consumers to promote a very false notion of "food safety" ********** [091832:082509] J.S., Santa Ana, CA You're *supposed to be representing *us*!! ********** [130930:072509] C.H., Moorpark, CA Please do not put the fox (the largest agribusinesses) in charge of the henhouse (food safety) by forcing only smaller operations to "chip" their animals. These are the very companies in which I have the least faith that food safety concerns outweight the profit motive. I believe that the key to food safety in this country is distribution through multiple, ideally local, channels. It does marginal good to track and blame the single source once huge quantities of food are rendered unhealthy. I believe that the NAIS will place a disproportionate burden on the smaller farmers - and will do nothing to ensure the safety of our food supply. Multiple and local distribution channels would do so much more, at less cost. Thank you. ********** Go Back