tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220057250271426855.post894724481834939537..comments2023-06-08T10:14:58.258-04:00Comments on The Yeoman Farmer: Rod Dreher on NAIS and Food SafetyTYFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14507074580402175405noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220057250271426855.post-46681466064438048362009-05-17T08:45:00.000-04:002009-05-17T08:45:00.000-04:00I completely agree with you. As Salatin argues, he...I completely agree with you. As Salatin argues, he has the very best and most effective inspection regime in the world: CUSTOMER inspection. He sells directly to the consumer, and hides nothing about his operation from them. If he sells a bad chicken or rotten dozen eggs, he'll hear about it immediately. <br /><br />IMO, the need for regulation has sprung from enormous size of distribution networks, and alienation of producer from consumer. With that model, the end consumer wants some kind of certification that his meat was processed cleanly and will not make him sick. But there's no reason that certification must come from the USDA. Why not let private agencies, like Underwriters Labratories, do the same thing? Or let farmers try to market their products without certification at all -- and let the consumer make the decision?TYFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14507074580402175405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220057250271426855.post-17366663539657998192009-05-17T04:25:00.000-04:002009-05-17T04:25:00.000-04:00As this is an older post of your, I want to make a...As this is an older post of your, I want to make a short comment and say, why do we need the regulations in the first place as the author concludes. I subscribe to a Salatin based approach where there is little to no regulation. If we had government away from farming at every level the small scale farm might show some profit as well as compete with the larger outfit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com