To learn more about SHA's work on NAIS and the history of that work, click here to the archival Index page.

SmallHolders Alliance (SHA) started 9 years
ago, with the onset of the USDA Scrapie Eradication Program. It was to unite small farmers in MA, so we could speak as a unit and not fight our battles alone. After a brief burst of action, SHA became idle. However, with the advent of the USDA's National Animal Identification System, I brought it back to life. SHA will continue to serve as a loosely based grassroots communication system between New England's small livestock farmers, but we will also use this site to communicate activities on the struggle against NAIS.

I am the Massachusetts State Coordinator for Liberty Ark Coalition, and am willing to speak to any group that wants to learn more about this program. If you'd like more information about Liberty Ark, or NAIS, check out the links on this page.

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Archived Years of NAIS News
 
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not Yahoo.)
Need hay? Just want to vent? Want some advice?
Have some animals for sale? Join SHA, no expense.

**A lot is happening around the nation regarding NAIS. I've kept only the most pertinent information on this page, but the original SHA index page is accessible. Just click here.
You can also see the 2008 Review here.

 

Jan. 6, 2009 - USDA has produced a new memo that supposedly counteracts its September memo requiring NAIS to be mandated in the "established disease control programs." Click here for the full text and action alert.