From:                              John (Jack) R. Venrick [[email-masked]]

Sent:                               Thursday, November 04, 2010 1:32 PM

To:                                   AJack R. Venrick

Subject:                          NY Dairy Farmer Andrea Elliott update on Mystery Visit.

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From: Jack
Venrick

To: AJack R. Venrick

Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 3:14 PM

Subject: NY Dairy Farmer Andrea Elliott update on
Mystery Visit.

Roni:

Andrea's story just goes
to prove once again, what you and I and others have been saying all along,
fight back.  Don't lay down and play dead for these folks.  If you
do, your lost.

We have found on
numerous occasions that if you confront them, they will back off.  The
problem is, these blood-sucking government types aren't confronted on a
large enough scale and thus they become empowered, until someone fights back as
did Andera.  But that is finally changing.

Thanks for the
forward.  I'll probably use it in the NARLO newsletter.

Take care,

Ron

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From: Roni Sylvester

Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 7:39 AM

Subject: Post: NY Dairy Farmer Andrea Elliott update on
Mystery Visit.

December 5, 2007 - Andrea Elliott update
follows:

"NY Dairy Farmer Turns the Tables When the Ag Inspectors
Arrive for a Mystery Visit"

Over the last two weeks, Andrea Elliott has been writing emails to
farm associations, her Congressman, and members of the U.S. House and Senate
agriculture committees-- -all urging that the upcoming farm bill not include
funding for the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). She and her
husband, Jim, own a dairy farm in the Catskill
Mountains of New York, and she made it plain in her notes that she is adamantly
opposed to registering the farm's 80 cows under the federal program.

Recently she received a call from an inspector with the New
York Department of Food and Markets in Albany that he planned to come by the farm for a special
inspection, based on "a complaint" made to the department's Division
of Milk Control and Dairy Services.

Andrea couldn't imagine who might have complained, and what the complaint might
have been about. Her farm, Crystal Brook Farms, sells nearly all its milk to a local
creamery for pasteurization. She sells a few gallons of raw milk occasionally
to individuals who stop in with their own containers, under New York rules that allow sale of 25gallons a month without a
permit.

Today (Tuesday), the
inspector, Bradley Lyle Houck, arrived from Albany, two hours away, together with her regular local dairy
inspector, and Andrea was prepared. As soon as they arrived, "I turned on
my video camera. I think that made them a little uncomfortable. "

Then, she says, "I asked the state inspector to fill out my form."
Her form is a three-page "public service questionnaire" that asks for
the inspector's identity, his principal reason for doing the inspection, how
the information he gathers will be used, and other such data. "He shook his
head and refused," says Andrea. "He said, 'I have to be authorized by
Albany.'" He tried to make a call on his cell phone, but
couldn't complete the call because the farm area has no cell reception.

Andrea persisted. "I said, This is our property and I can require you to
fill it out.'" He offered his state ID and badge.

Andrea moved on. "I asked him why he was here and he said a complaint was
received in Albany."

What was the complaint? "He said he couldn't tell me."

Who filed the complaint? "He wouldn't tell me. He just wouldn't go any
further. He said all complaints that come into Albany are treated as confidential. "

"I asked him what statute allows a complaint to be treated as
confidential. He said he couldn't quote a statute."

At that point, the inspector asked if they could talk off-camera. Andrea
declined.

"He said, 'I guess the best thing would be for us to come back another
time." The two got back into their car and took off.

Andrea adds, "At no time did I deny him the inspection. I didn't ask him
to leave. All I did was ask him for specific reasons for the inspection.. .I
have a right to know who my accuser is."

Andrea seems to have added an entirely new dimension to the agricultural
inspection. Especially one with such an intriguing coincidence connecting it to
NAIS.

By request of Good Neighbor, Andrea Elliott's
personal update, 12/5/07

This visit occurred Oct.30 , 2007. To date we
have not recieved any contact from  NY Ag & Mkts.

We posted the property , turned away
customers we didn't know well , and cancelled our participation in a
historical documentation project since we did not know exactly where this
complaint originated from. Then we told everyone we met about this . It was odd
that this popped up so soon after my  anti NAIS letter writing campaign.

The
PUBLIC SERVANT QUESTIONNAIRE   is always nearby
as is the video camera - everyone should be familiar with both .

The more we thought about it the angrier we
became - and decided that NY needs a grassroots organization to work
legislatively to protect farmers and consumers. With the help of Deb Stockton
of NICFA ,and other concerned individuals, the NY Independent Consumer and
Farmers Association was formed.

It is our wish that as many farmers as
possible learn from this experience and stand ready to defend
their properties and way of life , and not be afraid to speak out
.We're here to help and you're not alone. Consumers need to become very
educated in the tactics of the regulators and join with us to preserve
their right to choose their food source.  By Andrea Elliott  December 5, 2007

TO HELP YOU PROTECT YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY
RIGHTS, GO TO WWW.GOODNEIGHBORLAW.COM

You'll find the  "Public Servant
Questionnaire," "Property Admittance Agreement" and more.

We encourage you to  print, adapt, and use
the form you believe suits your situation.

These are not intended as legal forms, but
instead to serve notice to anyone who requests access to your
property, that you will exercise your rights to protect your
property.

If you can't find what you need, please let
us know [email-masked]

Here's a copy of the Public Servant
Questionnaire similar to the one Andrea Elliott used.

http://goodneighborlaw.com/pdf_GNL/PublicServantQuestionnaire.pdf

YOU HAVE RIGHTS!
USE THEM!