This was the most excellent book about farming and government that I've read this year. It seems the older I get, the more I realize there are so many lies out there. Lies that we (As Americans) have been fed.Truth is hard to be found.But it was most certainly found in this book.Being of the farming agricultural mindset, I really enjoyed this book!However, I must warn you: this book will make your blood pressure rise. You will be shocked (unless you already know...) and horrified. You will want justice for this poor family and the other affected by the USDA.You will come to realize that so many agencies cannot be trusted.The government can't be trusted.Your best interest is not in mind.

Mad Sheep: The True Story behind the USDA's War on a Family Farm

In the mid-1990s Linda and Larry Faillace had a they wanted to breed sheep and make cheese on their Vermont farm. They did the research, worked hard, followed the rules, and, after years of preparation and patience, built a successful, entrepreneurial business.<br />But just like that, their dream turned into a nightmare. The U.S. Department of Agriculture told them that the sheep they imported from Europe (with the USDA's seal of approval) carried a disease similar to the dreaded BSE or "mad cow disease." After months of surveillance--which included USDA agents spying from nearby mountaintops and comically hiding behind bushes--armed federal agents seized their flock. The animals were destroyed, the Faillace's lives turned upside down, all so that the USDA could show the U.S. meat industries that they were protecting America from mad cow disease--and by extension, easing fears among an increasingly wary population of meat-eaters. Mad Sheep is the account of one family's struggle against a bullying and corrupt government agency that long ago abandoned the family farmer to serve the needs of corporate agriculture and the industrialization of our food supply. Similar to the national best-selling book, A Civil Action , readers will cheer on this courageous family in its fight for justice in the face of politics as usual and the implacable bureaucracy of the farm industry in Washington, DC.

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