So, said Chenoweth-Hage, they got together and created the NAIS program, which instead of properly labeling foreign-grown beef, would improperly burden American beef producers.
As with every government regulation program ever conceived, the NAIS will have one predictable effect: it will drive the cost of the regulated commodity sky-high.
He is also concerned that down the road, the NAIS will be used to interfere with farming operations, such as feed specifications and handling methods.
There is no reason to suspect the NAIS would be any better.
The NAIS will create an unfair economic burden on small farmers and homesteaders, because animal owners will bear the costs of property and animal registration.
The NAIS would also, in fact, lessen rather than improve the security of America's animal foods.
Perhaps the most troubling aspect of the NAIS is its proponents' lack of concern for individual privacy and religious freedom.
Moreover, privatization of the NAIS will surely result in the same gross abuses already evident in private databases of financial information--the sale of citizens' most personal data, without their knowledge, to the highest bidder; and the vulnerability of citizens' information to hackers and thieves, because the President and Congress have utterly failed to subject the powerful private data industry to long-needed protections for citizens' privacy.
NAI's broad reach is reflected in NAI Direct.com's very broad menu of on-line offerings.
All members of this organization were established local real estate firms before they became part of the NAI umbrella, which adds to the experience and credibility of the players.
NAI Direct.com also has its own proprietary software: REALTrac, a password protected transaction management system through which users (both affiliates and clients) can track activity plans and results.
NAI Direct.com reflects the long way that NAI has come since its founding more than two decades ago.