On Feb 21, 1:31 pm, Emma Thackery > wrote:
> I'm not sure if the outrageous USDA actions against the Fallace family
> sheep farm have been discussed here but The Restaurant Guys (on New
> Jersey radio) did a fascinating segment with Linda Fallace [sic] the other
> day. [snip]

The impulse to bash the government is understandable but I wouldn't be
too quick to rush to judgment. Linda Faillace has written a newly
published book about her experience so there's a buzz about it right
now. But her sheep were destroyed by the USDA six years ago as part
of what they said was the effort to protect against bse. She says it
was shoddy science. One of the book reviews says of her, "Linda
Faillace worked as a secretary, store clerk, lab technician, song
writer, piano teacher, and astrologer, before embarking on a career in
sheep farming and cheese making." Given that resumé I'm not inclined
to say that she is qualified to judge someone else's science. If she
could prove her allegations in court rather than in her book one would
think she'd have won a settlement from them by now for destroying her
sheep. -aem