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	<title>Tennessee Farmers &amp; Freeholders</title>
	
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	<description>Giving Tennesseans a voice. Giving Tennessee farmers a chance.</description>
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		<title>Let’s Be Clear: NAIS Is NOT Dead</title>
		<link>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2010/02/12/lets-be-clear-nais-is-not-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Collin Houseal</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated.&#8221;
Mark Twain
The following article is reprinted here by permission of the author, Doreen Hannes. Please visit her site, Truth Farmer, and listen to her archives on Liberty News Radio.
Easter Bunny Reports &#8220;NAIS is Dead!&#8221;
As I reported after returning from the NIAA (National Institute for Animal Agriculture) meeting last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing the Tennessee Small Farm Mentoring Program</title>
		<link>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2010/02/04/announcing-the-tennessee-small-farm-mentoring-program/</link>
		<comments>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2010/02/04/announcing-the-tennessee-small-farm-mentoring-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Collin Houseal</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to read all about it, then send us an email to sign up. Did we mention it&#8217;s free?
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		<title>Tennessee asserts state sovereignty from feds</title>
		<link>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2009/10/21/tennessee-asserts-state-sovereignty-from-feds/</link>
		<comments>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2009/10/21/tennessee-asserts-state-sovereignty-from-feds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Collin Houseal</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Tennessee legislative committee on Tuesday moved the state to the forefront of efforts by conservatives to reassert &#8220;state sovereignty&#8221; and rein in the federal government for usurping its constitutional authority.
Acting on a resolution overwhelmingly approved by the legislature in May, a specially appointed &#8220;Committee of Conference and Correspondence&#8221; voted to send letters to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southern National Congress: NAIS Delenda Est</title>
		<link>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2009/07/20/snc-nais-delenda-est/</link>
		<comments>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2009/07/20/snc-nais-delenda-est/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Collin Houseal</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t miss NAIS Delenda Est, an excellent commentary by Jerry Salyer  posted on the Southern National Congress website as today&#8217;s installment in their We Hold These Truths weekly commentary. There are numerous other articles there well worth your time.
Tennessee Farmers and Freeholders urges you to support Southern independence—support the Southern National Congress! (For a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agency and Big Ag Still Deny Their Plans</title>
		<link>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/12/11/agency-and-big-ag-still-deny-their-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/12/11/agency-and-big-ag-still-deny-their-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Sanders</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Liberty Ark Coalition —
As part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ongoing pattern of dishonest tactics, the USDA and industry organizations are backing away from an internal Agriculture Department memo that outlines how to force farm registration into the USDA’s National Animal Identification System (NAIS). The Agriculture Department memo, issued on Sept. 22, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TFF Meeting Report: Where We Go From Here</title>
		<link>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/11/13/tff-meeting-report-where-we-go-from-here/</link>
		<comments>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/11/13/tff-meeting-report-where-we-go-from-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Sanders</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you weren&#8217;t able to make it to the Tennessee Farmers and Freeholders meeting last night in Franklin, you really missed out.
Not only did Frank Niceley give a fascinating speech telling the news of a very hopeful year for small farm legislation in Tennessee, but also there were a bunch of dedicated people there—farmers, their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TF&amp;F Meeting: November 12, 2008</title>
		<link>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/11/03/tff-meeting-november-12-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/11/03/tff-meeting-november-12-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Collin Houseal</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[What in the world is a “freeholder”? And what in the world is Tennessee Farmers &#38; Freeholders?
A freeholder is any farmer or other Tennessean who owns and runs his own place. Tennessee Farmers &#38; Freeholders is an organization formed to give a voice to the invisible: Tennessee’s farmers, small businessmen and consumers are often crushed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legal Defense Fund Moves to Stop Animal ID Program</title>
		<link>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/05/15/legal-defense-fund-moves-to-stop-animal-id-program/</link>
		<comments>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/05/15/legal-defense-fund-moves-to-stop-animal-id-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 03:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Collin Houseal</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Attorneys for the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund today sent a Notice of Intent to Sue letter to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) over implementation of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), a plan to electronically track every livestock animal in the country.
The Notice asks the USDA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you want REAL ID? Governor Bredesen wants to know.</title>
		<link>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/03/31/do-you-want-real-id-gov-bredesen-wants-to-know/</link>
		<comments>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/03/31/do-you-want-real-id-gov-bredesen-wants-to-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Collin Houseal</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We have confirmed that Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen is conducting a little-known poll/tally regarding the REAL ID. He wants to know what Tennesseeans think, so let&#8217;s tell him. Light up those phones!
Please, take 10 seconds out of your day (that&#8217;s literally all it will take) and call his office at 615-741-2001 and politely but clearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scrapie Tags = Low-Tech Animal ID</title>
		<link>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/01/14/scrapie-tags-low-tech-animal-id/</link>
		<comments>http://farmersandfreeholders.org/2008/01/14/scrapie-tags-low-tech-animal-id/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Sanders</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I discovered something interesting.
It is no longer legal to sell sheep or goats in Tennessee.
What?
Right, it is no longer legal to sell sheep or goats in Tennessee.
I know, you’re thinking I put a tablespoon of crazy in my Cheerios today, but read on.
I opened a letter this morning from the Tennessee Livestock Producers [...]]]></description>
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