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ISBN: 9781933392097
Year Added to Catalog: 2006
Book Format: Hardcover
Book Art: Photos, Index
Dimensions: 6 x 9
Number of Pages: 352 pages
Book Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Old ISBN: 1933392096
Release Date: September 30, 2006
Web Product ID: 9

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Mad Sheep

The True Story Behind the USDA's War on a Family Farm

by Linda Faillace

Foreword by Ronnie Cummins

Mad Sheep is one of those books that makes going to sleep at a decent hour unthinkable.

ACRES USA

The page-turning account of a government cover-up, corporate greed, and a courageous family's fight to save their farm.

In the mid-1990s Linda and Larry Faillace had a dream: 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.

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, D.C.

When the government fears the people, you have liberty. When the people fear the government, you have tyranny.
Thomas Jefferson

About the Author

Linda Faillace

Linda Faillace is a writer, shepherdess, songwriter, and owner of a country store dedicated to supporting local farmers and locally grown food. She has studied mad cow disease since the early 1990s. A champion of organic and sustainable farming, farmer's rights, and strong local communities, Linda lives with her husband, Larry, and their three children in East Warren, Vermont. ...

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