Farm Land Gestapo

The Federal Government, without fanfare, a press release, or news coverage of any sort,is in the process of registering every farm animal in this country. That's right, Animal Farm is now alive and well in 2006.

So if you are a small farmer or someone who just wants to have fresh eggs, you are going to be forced, it is a Mandatory program, to register every farm animal you possess. These animals would not only be tested for their DNA, but they would be fitted with a transponder that would give satellite data on where that animal is located.

The program is called National Animal Inspection Service, and it is run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Animal and Plant Health inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture.

In an interesting article on NAIA, John Silveira had this to say:

“…Here’s how NAIS will operate. On the individual level, you home (including you rname, address, telephone number, and Global Positioning Satellite Coordinates) wil have to be registered with the Government. Your livestock—every fish, fowl, cow, hog, sheep, pigeon, etc.—will have to be registered. Your animals may have to be electronically tagged so they can be tracked by satellite. They may also have to have blood drawn so they can be identified by their DNA. They may even have to have retinal scans…”(Backwoods Home Magazine, The Last Word, John Silveira, pg.95)


Although the exact punishment for keeping your flock secret is not spelled out in the USDA information, it may well be something like a county farm extension agent, deputized by the Government, will come to your farm or home, and inspect for unregistered animals. If you have them, and haven't complied with the Government, expect fines, confiscation, arrest, jail time. Or even worse, perhaps your fate will be decided by citizen tribunals or a special court that can judge you for your treasonous actions that undermine government control.

In theory, this new government program is designed to track animal diseases back to their source and therefore eliminate contamination to our food source. While a system like this would then improve imports to other countries for the major food growers, it will have no direct benefit for the small farmer. Still, sounds pretty benign huh? It makes a kind of sense for the big meat packers and the agribusinesses that process thousands of animals. Buy why does the little Joe Blow Farmer have to comply?

Simple, control. By establishing an exact count of where farm animals are, the U.S. can determine how much food is available at any one time. KNowing this will allow the Federal Government to conviscate food products in times of national food shortages. Scientifically, it is easy to understand that Global Warming will mean droughts and damaging storms to this country this probably will have significant impact on food production. Couple this with the growing shortage of fresh, clean water, and the skyrocketing cost of petroleum to ship these animals to market, you have the US Govenrment sensing a significant threat to our food supply. With this system they will be able to nationalize food sources all around the country. The government agents will arrive at your door, state that you possess certain farm animals, and demand they be turned over to the state for "distribution". Non compliance means punishment for you and confiscation of the animals anyway.

Yet another angle to this is that the big AgraBusinesses, who have substantial money tied up in patents on various genes and whole breeds of animals, can enforce their will on the average small farmer. You must buy and register your animals from an approved agribusiness. Raising 'unauthorized' animals will be illegal. It is another way of forcing consumers to do business with only certain industry giants.

Lastly, it is pure simple social control. The U.S. government wants to know where you are, what your are doing, and why you are doing it. If you are busy being independent and raising your own food, therefore not spending money with Agribusiness, the Government wants to know this. I sense that the government fears anyone who stands up to it, or who demands their Constitutional Rights. Any independence from citizens is seen as an affront to government power and therefore it must be crushed.

Welcome brave new worlds.

If think it will do any good, write your Congressman, you can find their addresses and phone numbers at www.house.gov/ or www.senate.gov/ or www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/govemail.html