If you thought that because NAIS was required to be voluntary by our federal legislators, we don't have to worry about it any longer, think again. The USDA has been applying pressure on states to enact regulations that make it, in effect, mandatory, while allowing them to claim it to be voluntary.
If you care about small farmers, if you care about small ranchers, if you care about folks with horses, if you care about the availability of fresh, locally grown food, do your research on NAIS and let your legislators, state and local, know how you feel.
A good place to start (and vote) is here, at Change.org. Follow that up with more research, and then write your legislators (or go to their websites and write them there).
If we don't speak up, we don't have any right to complain when our rights are taken away.
