An Agricultural Census Statistician once boldly, and with much enthusiasm, told a NoNAIS’er back in 2005 that in order to track down every single ‘farmer’  in America that the government was utilizing aerial methods.  While the statistician did not go into more detail regarding the ‘aerial surveillance’ it certainly did not take a rocket scientist [...]

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One fine day I went to visit Mt St. Helen’s.  It had been a long time since I had visited the mountain where as a youth I had hiked and camped.  Today the mountain has a very different landscape, in more ways than one.  As I drove up to the Visitor Center I marveled at [...]

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A New Attitude:  Rules of Persuasion

Could the very technologies we are using to Fight for Traditional Farming be used instead to  persuade us to change our lofty and noble goal of food freedom?
Read on dear reader……before you slip down the rabbit hole
From the trenches……

Dr BJ Fogg has been in the behavior-changing game for more than [...]

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In October 2009 the AVMA updated their electronic animal identification (RFID) FAQ.  The document has a heavy pro-RFID bias although does minimally cover RFID problems.  The main reason cited for getting an animal electronically identified is for reunification purposes only.  Disease surveillance and prevention was only mentioned in the context that RFID ‘chips’ can provide [...]

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Hobby farmer or agri-business, speed of light global commerce will be impacting your farm.  Department of Homeland Security, DHS, along with one of their Center’s of Excellence, FAZD, have teamed up to examine the impact that cross-country commerce and travel has on local farms.  Your farm is in their sights…
The National Animal Identification System, NAIS, [...]

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For the past several years many of us have been watching the company Somark.  The idea of an implantable, glass microchip the size of a grain of rice into the flesh of man and beast alike was repulsive to most people.  Somark has deveoped an invisible RFID readable tattoo.  Nobody knows you have it.  It [...]

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Summary:
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Veterinary Services (VS) is committed to ensuring that private citizen’s information relevant to animal disease management, as defined by international standards, and surveillance, is gathered, protected, and shared. by collaborating partner’s.
VS mission is to improve the health, quality, and marketability of our nation’s animals (asset’s), animal products, [...]

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Three players:

Department of Homeland Security,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) via the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),
U.S. Army Military Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

(USAMRIID’s work force of about 750 people is a mix of civilian, [...]

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The information contained within the new edition of “Law Enforcement Intelligence” is critical for the traditional farmer and rancher as well as average American citizen to understand. I will attempt to Summarize and highlight some of the implications for us all. Phase 3 of the National Animal Identification System known as NAIS is Tracking [...]

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Ummmm…now where have we heard about 100% surveillance and elimination of disease before?  Might it be the National Animal Identification System known as NAIS.  Here we go folks, this is one giant leap towards 1984.Program Manager: COL Geoffrey Ling, M.D., Ph.D.
The Predicting Health and Disease (PHD) Program will generate methods to assess whether an individual [...]

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