This week’s show is here. We run down the news–rising cost of meats & Pig Farm Polluters–talk about the National Animal ID System (NAIS) and cook some Irish winter fare–Carrot & Cumin Soup and Herby Soda Bread.
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[…] In Gastrocast #94 I speak of two major problems facing the fight to keep our food free from over regulation and governmental control–Giant, Corporate Polluters like Smithfield Farms who have given even small farms a bad name with their laissez-faire attitude towards hog waste and environmental contamination; and the USDA’s National Animal ID System (NAIS) which threatens small farmers, homesteaders and hobbyists with an overbearing and costly system to register, tag and track all agricultural property1 and livestock. […]
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