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  • From: Karen Sutherland & Roots Farm <rootsfarm AT marpin.dm>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in Honey Bees, GMO's & politics
  • Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 17:55:05 -0400

Title: Karen Sutherland
Thanks, Maury.  I'm with you 100%.  Have been and will keep working with others to try to keep island securely on organic path.  Seems so clear -- not only would GMO's eradicate the eco&health tourism/organic island vision the gov't supposedly holds, but also would be such a profitable coup for D/ca to be one of the few places in the world that might have uncontaminated crops and seed stock.  And such a David and Goliath model for other small poor places. 

All best wishes,

Karen

Karen Sutherland

Roots Farm

Organic Produce

Fruits, Roots, Vegetables & Herbs

Cockrane, Dominica

767-449-3038

rootsfarm AT marpin.dm

rootsfarm AT protoscape.com

 

 

 



maury sheets wrote:

Karen,

 

            Do all you can to stop any use of genetically engineered seed.  It is not a good thing and they (big agricultural interests) are making all of us guinea pigs for their profit.  Whole Foods Supermarkets, the largest seller of organic products, will not buy products from (GE) Genetically Engineered seed.  It would taint all of Dominica’s statements of being organic.  Best of luck.

 

Maury Sheets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Woodland Produce- Fairton, New Jersey

Hydroponically producing sustainable salad greens in the Northeast.

 


From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Karen Sutherland & Roots Farm
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 11:19 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: [Market-farming] Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in Honey Bees,GMO's & politics

 

 
   

Dominica is struggling with framing a national agricultural policy which both facilitates the goal of becoming an "organic island"  and which addresses short term economic concerns.  There is considerable pressure and maneuvering to have the policy admit GMOs as being necessary for short term survival.  Am hoping the country can find an alternate means of satisfying valid short term concerns while maintaining its longer term goals, but the track record of poor island states against powerful international interests is not a happy one.

Best wishes to all,

Karen

Karen Sutherland
Roots Farm
Organic Produce
Fruits, Roots, Vegetables & Herbs
Cockrane, Dominica
767-449-3038
rootsfarm AT marpin.dm


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