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All ABOUT THE New EU Seed Law Updated November 2013
On 2013-11-17 09:09:59 +0000, David in Normandy said:
On 17/11/2013 09:44, Road_Hog wrote: On Saturday, November 16, 2013 2:23:11 PM UTC, David in Normandy wrote: Reading your post, it seems the new law is a very bad thing for gardeners. Presumably the law is intended to be a benefit for somebody but who supposed to benefit from this draconian legislation? Large corporations. The EU and all other large legislative bodies are in the pay of corporations (plutocracy) and eveything is done for their benefit. But it will always be advertised as being for our benefit, in this case, they'll probably say it is for health benefit and keeping us from accidently eating bad plants. It does seem like one of those ridiculous laws that will benefit almost nobody. Thinking about it, I can't even see the large corporations gaining from this as it will mean they will have to abandon seeds / plants with low sales volumes and restrict their sales to large volume sales e.g. those to farmers. Can't see how anybody will benefit to be honest, except the bureaucrats and labs that will do the testing. It sounds like the sort of insane bureaucracy that only French politicians could dream up - laws for the sake of laws to make more artificial jobs for bureaucrats. Well I will continue saving seeds from one year to the next and continue to swap seeds and cuttings with friends and neighbours. I can see this hurting small nurseries, garden centres and small seed and plant producers but gardeners will continue sourcing seeds and plants from each other as always. Though I guess organised seed swaps (at meet-ups or online) may become illegal? Gardeners will be hanging around street corners wearing dark glasses and raincoats stopping passers-by "Psst! Do you want some illegal runner bean seeds." Love this! Parsnip pushers! ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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All ABOUT THE New EU Seed Law Updated November 2013
On 2013-11-17 21:40:43 +0000, Martin said:
On Sun, 17 Nov 2013 18:53:21 +0000, sacha wrote: On 2013-11-17 09:09:59 +0000, David in Normandy said: On 17/11/2013 09:44, Road_Hog wrote: On Saturday, November 16, 2013 2:23:11 PM UTC, David in Normandy wrote: Reading your post, it seems the new law is a very bad thing for gardeners. Presumably the law is intended to be a benefit for somebody but who supposed to benefit from this draconian legislation? Large corporations. The EU and all other large legislative bodies are in the pay of corporations (plutocracy) and eveything is done for their benefit. But it will always be advertised as being for our benefit, in this case, they'll probably say it is for health benefit and keeping us from accidently eating bad plants. It does seem like one of those ridiculous laws that will benefit almost nobody. Thinking about it, I can't even see the large corporations gaining from this as it will mean they will have to abandon seeds / plants with low sales volumes and restrict their sales to large volume sales e.g. those to farmers. Can't see how anybody will benefit to be honest, except the bureaucrats and labs that will do the testing. It sounds like the sort of insane bureaucracy that only French politicians could dream up - laws for the sake of laws to make more artificial jobs for bureaucrats. Well I will continue saving seeds from one year to the next and continue to swap seeds and cuttings with friends and neighbours. I can see this hurting small nurseries, garden centres and small seed and plant producers but gardeners will continue sourcing seeds and plants from each other as always. Though I guess organised seed swaps (at meet-ups or online) may become illegal? Gardeners will be hanging around street corners wearing dark glasses and raincoats stopping passers-by "Psst! Do you want some illegal runner bean seeds." Love this! Parsnip pushers! ;-) They will wear a red carnation and carry a folded copy of the Daily Mail. The Daily Mail?! How very dare you! Amateur Gardening, surely?! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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All ABOUT THE New EU Seed Law Updated November 2013
Gardeners will be hanging around street corners wearing dark glasses
and raincoats stopping passers-by "Psst! Do you want some illegal runner bean seeds." Love this! Parsnip pushers! ;-) They will wear a red carnation and carry a folded copy of the Daily Mail. The Daily Mail?! How very dare you! Amateur Gardening, surely?! Not to mention the Pea do files and the Has beans |
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