WISCONSIN INDEPENDENT CONSUMERS AND FARMERS ASSOCIATION

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The Purpose of the Association shall be to promote and preserve unregulated direct farmer-to-consumer trade that fosters the availability of locally grown and home-produced food products.

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In the spirit of true independence, Wisconsin Independent Consumers and Farmers Association, Inc. is an autonomous organization with no ties to other organizations.

"The error seems not sufficiently eradicated, that the operations of the mind, as well as the acts of the body, are subject to the coercion of the laws. But our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them. The rights of conscience we never submitted, we could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God. The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. ... Was the government to prescribe to us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now. Thus in France the emetic was once forbidden as a medicine, and the potatoe as an article of food."

Thomas Jefferson

NOTICE: USDA & DOJ HOLDING PUBLIC WORKSHOPS ON COMPETITION & REGULATORY ISSUES IN AGRICULTURE (Information gleaned from www.drovers.com)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Justice announced additional details regarding the public workshop to explore competition and regulatory issues in the agriculture industry.

The workshops, which were first announced by Attorney General Eric Holder and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Aug. 5, 2009, are the first joint Department of Justice/USDA workshops ever to be held to discuss competition and regulatory issues in the agriculture industry. The goals of the workshops are to promote dialogue among interested parties and foster learning with respect to the appropriate legal and economic analyses of these issues, as well as to listen to and learn from parties with experience in the agriculture sector. Attendance at the workshops is free and open to the public.

May 21, 2010: Poultry Industry (Normal, Ala.)

Specific areas of focus may include production contracts in the poultry industry, concentration and buyer power.

Alabama A&M University

Knight Reception Center

4900 Meridian St.

Normal, Ala.

June 25, 2010: Dairy Industry (Madison, Wis.)

Specific areas of focus may include concentration, marketplace transparency and market dynamics in the dairy industry.

University of Wisconsin

Union Theater in Memorial Union

800 Langdon St.

Madison, Wis.

Aug. 27, 2010: Livestock Industry (Fort Collins, Colo.)

This workshop will address beef, hog and other animal sectors. Likely issues for discussion are concentration in livestock markets, buyer power and enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act.

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, Colo.

Dec. 8, 2010: Margins (Washington, D.C.)

This workshop will look at the discrepancies between the prices received by farmers and the prices paid by consumers. As a concluding event, discussions from previous workshops will be incorporated into the analysis of agriculture markets nationally.

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Jefferson Auditorium

1400 Independence Ave., S.W.

Washington, D.C.

Additional details on the upcoming workshops will be provided at a later date.

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