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Petition against ban on non-approved seeds
"David.WE.Roberts" wrote:
Apologies if this has already been posted. Our allotment society has circulated this link. For what it's worth: when I attended the Seed Saver's Exchange summer gathering in Iowa (I know; across the pond and a lot of land as well), one of the speakers said that the E.U. group working on standardizing plants had loosened its grip quite a bit, to allow the variation of landraces as well as to make it clear that heirloom seed loonies (my term) could do as they wished, including trading amongst themselves, even if money changes hands. Now, you may well argue that the real concern is whether there should be any regulation at all, but that's another bag of genes. Personally, I'm more concerned about the very small number of very large companies who have dominion over our food supplies. See also, "Fahrenheit 451." I'm an heirloom rutabaga and a foliage turnip probably not found elsewhere (It was in the East German seed bank and seems to have disappeared from listings.) The colonial will be quiet now...; -- Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
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