Day: April 9, 2006

  For Immediate Release:  April 9, 2006    Contact: Judith McGeary  Executive Director  Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance  Email: jmcgeary@att.net Phone: (512) 243-2706    Leading the Fight Against NAIS    The Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance (FARFA), a newly-created nonprofit organization, will lobby on behalf of independent farmers and ranchers.  For too long, legislators and agency bureaucrats have heard only from large, corporate producers.  Meanwhile, independent producers have been largely unrepresented.    This lack of representation has culminated in the current problem: the creation and pending implementation of a national animal identification system (“NAIS”).  NAIS poses a