Hannah Thompson-Weeman

And I found that same definition when Kristen kind of spoiler alert earlier that she was going to be asked to define agroterrorism. I was like, oh, I better like have something at the ready.

And I found that same definition when Kristen kind of spoiler alert earlier that she was going to be asked to define agroterrorism. I was like, oh, I better like have something at the ready.

And I found that same definition that focused on disease introduction, which I thought was interesting and maybe needs to be updated and probably has been updated in practice because from what we see, it's much broader than that. And we look to like the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act from an animal perspective, which does not limit it to disease introduction.

And I found that same definition that focused on disease introduction, which I thought was interesting and maybe needs to be updated and probably has been updated in practice because from what we see, it's much broader than that. And we look to like the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act from an animal perspective, which does not limit it to disease introduction.

It's about disrupting the supply chain. So the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act talks about that you're engaging in conduct for the purpose of damaging or interfering with the operations of an animal enterprise.

It's about disrupting the supply chain. So the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act talks about that you're engaging in conduct for the purpose of damaging or interfering with the operations of an animal enterprise.

So that would be kind of our definition that we work under when we talk about this concept at the Alliance that, you know, it's about stopping the food supply chain or preventing the ability of getting food to people. And that's when it becomes this definition of agroterrorism.

So that would be kind of our definition that we work under when we talk about this concept at the Alliance that, you know, it's about stopping the food supply chain or preventing the ability of getting food to people. And that's when it becomes this definition of agroterrorism.

And then similarly to you guys mentioned, it says a statute covers acts that damage property or cause the loss of real or personal property or places someone in reasonable fear of injury. So from an animal perspective, we really look to that Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act that came about in 2006 because of incidents related to this.

And then similarly to you guys mentioned, it says a statute covers acts that damage property or cause the loss of real or personal property or places someone in reasonable fear of injury. So from an animal perspective, we really look to that Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act that came about in 2006 because of incidents related to this.

And biosecurity is definitely a big part of it. I mean, that's why we have a big concern a lot of times with trespassing on farms and in operations that there's a reason why, you know, if you've ever been to a hog farm or a broiler farm, you've got to shower in, shower out, suit up at the very least. You can't wear shoes you've worn on another farm. There's restricted access.

And biosecurity is definitely a big part of it. I mean, that's why we have a big concern a lot of times with trespassing on farms and in operations that there's a reason why, you know, if you've ever been to a hog farm or a broiler farm, you've got to shower in, shower out, suit up at the very least. You can't wear shoes you've worn on another farm. There's restricted access.

And that's not about limiting transparency. That's about limiting disease transfer from farm to farm. So the disease element is definitely still a big part of it. I would just say it's probably not everything that would fall in that bucket. Yeah, that's really interesting.

And that's not about limiting transparency. That's about limiting disease transfer from farm to farm. So the disease element is definitely still a big part of it. I would just say it's probably not everything that would fall in that bucket. Yeah, that's really interesting.

So we've seen it come up and really what tends to be the hold up to it being applied is, first of all, that documented economic harm. Because for a good thing, the animal agriculture supply chain is very resilient, so it tends to be very adaptable.

So we've seen it come up and really what tends to be the hold up to it being applied is, first of all, that documented economic harm. Because for a good thing, the animal agriculture supply chain is very resilient, so it tends to be very adaptable.

So even if there's an activist incident that does disrupt the supply chain, does cause operations to be hindered or become problematic, it doesn't rise to the threshold. I would have to look at what the dollar amount, but exactly what you and Mike were talking about. There is a dollar amount of documented damages you have to show.

So even if there's an activist incident that does disrupt the supply chain, does cause operations to be hindered or become problematic, it doesn't rise to the threshold. I would have to look at what the dollar amount, but exactly what you and Mike were talking about. There is a dollar amount of documented damages you have to show.

So that tends to be a big problem is being able to document that these activist incidents rose to that threshold in the individual circumstances that we can point to. So there's definitely been a lot of interest because we have seen in the last five to 10 years, a big uptick in the more extreme on-farm actions. Thank you so much for having me.

So that tends to be a big problem is being able to document that these activist incidents rose to that threshold in the individual circumstances that we can point to. So there's definitely been a lot of interest because we have seen in the last five to 10 years, a big uptick in the more extreme on-farm actions. Thank you so much for having me.