[Homestead] Iraqis forbiden to save seeds.

tvoivozhd tvoivozd at infionline.net
Sun Nov 28 16:30:09 EST 2004


Rob wrote:

> At  11/27/2004 02:23 PM, you wrote:
>
>> Has anybody heard anything about this?   This kind of stuff makes me 
>> sick.
>> Wendy
>>
>>
>>
>> As part of sweeping "economic restructuring" implemented by the Bush
>> Administration in Iraq, Iraqi farmers will no longer be permitted to 
>> save
>> their seeds. Instead, they will be forced to buy seeds from US
>> corporations -- including seeds the Iraqis themselves developed over
>> hundreds of years.
>
>
> Do you have a URL for this?
>
>
>
> Rob
> becidawa at hctc.com
> tvoivozhd---Forgot exactly when---sometime after `1997 the British 
> passed a law making it illegal for gardeners and farmers to save 
> heirloom seeds.  Don't know its present status.  I doubt such a  law 
> would be enforcible in Iraq---they seem an uruly lot and everyone 
> carries a Kalashnikov unless they feel the grenade launcher or a 90 mm 
> mortar tube stashed in their bedroom  closet would be more appropriate.






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