[pcottraux]

Big Agri-Biz is greedy. They want the whole market. They can't compete on quality or health issues with their antibiotic, chemical laced meat. The pasture raised birds are not just healthier, they taste better and consumers recognize this. So big Agri-Biz is taking advantage of diseases, which they may have actually caused, and their lobbying power within the government is passing laws and regulations like NAIS to kill off their competition.

[HairOfTheDog]

OK - it's paranoid to think agri-biz ~enjoys~ the prospect of epidemic disease... I wish that wasn't part of the debate, because it does make those opposed to this NAIS look like moonbats. That said, NAIS is legitimately BAD regardless, because it treats all small home-raised livestock like food stock, requiring that I register and tag even my horse (and potentially your dog) and report to the govt every time we take them down the street.