NAIS and Its Affect on Small Farms and Homesteads
This morning I wanted to share a piece written by my Mother-in-Law, Nadine Hild . She is really more like a mom to me and in the past 20+ years her and I have developed a wonderful close relationship. She has been and continues to be an inspiration to me. Nadine and her husband Richard (who is our much loved “Granddaddyâ€) have been a huge support to us over the years. One thing that Nadine and I have in common today is that we both homestead and we both are concerned about the quality of our food and our freedom. Nadine is 70 years old, but you would not know it to look at her. She is an active homestead lady. She has Dexter cows, Icelandic sheep, Nubian goats, and lots of chickens. She gardens, grinds her own wheat, bakes and cooks from scratch and actively, daily, helps Richard run and manage their homestead up north in Washington State . She has been frustrated with the NAIS issues and the potenti...