Speaking against NAIS

This is from the National Animal Identification System "Listening Tour" that swung through Austin back in May 2009. After I spoke I had to leave and get back to my job, but of the nearly 2 dozen people that spoke before me, not one spoke out in favor of NAIS.

Also worth noting, I recently saw a flurry of articles about Wendell Berry speaking at one of these things in Kentucky. He vowed to be thrown in jail for employing civil disobedience if NAIS were implemented: http://www.foodrenegade.com/wendell-berry-picks-jail-over-nais/

As you will probably be able to tell from the video, I got pretty nervous while speaking in front of so many people. I almost lost my train of thought completely when the buzzer went off near the end of my allotted time. That... and I kind of misspoke in my final statement when I said, "my church" instead of "with the Sustainable Food Center", but oh well. Actually, Mosaic has done a little work in that direction and wants to do more someday. Maybe I was just practicing speaking things into existence. Ha!

If you happen to follow the link back to the YouTube postings for more clips, I recommend listening to Judith McGeary, Jon Dromgoole, Kim Alexander, and Randy Givens for some of the highlights.