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"aem" > wrote:

> 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

Apparently the federal court believed her expert witnesses, despite her
varied personal background. Imagine that.