Attack on Family Farms by the Federal Government

Paul Griepentrog, a local farmer from Wisconsin is my guest on this week's show. Paul has been fighting the federal government and the Wisconsin government against NAIS and fake food safety. He has successfully filed an AMICUS brief on behalf of an Amish farmer he doesn’t know but who had been targeted by US Dept of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA has paid the state of Wisconsin $14 million in what they call a cooperative agreement (bribe) to mandate "Premises ID" in Wisconsin and the state has recently announced that it is on the verge of moving to Phase 2: Mandatory "tagging." Article 95 of the new Wisconsin law calls for fines, fees, property seizure and even imprisonmentat for violations, all at the discretion of the Wisconsin Agricultural Department. Wisconsin is one of only 3 "test states' being used by the USDA to determine how effective mandarory "Premises ID" and mandatory "NAIS" would be, and how much and what kind of resistance there would be from American citizens. Listeners are encouraged to call in to the show and ask our guest some questions or just to make comments.