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  • From: Carolyn Anderson <cschampagne@gmail.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] [is this for real, just too preposterous to believe] How Long Before This Is Illegal Too? (On the Banks)
  • Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:56:07 -0400

I can't comment because there is someone reading my email. All I'll say is
that next time there's anything in the news that captures the attention of
the nation, stay awake and watch what is happening in Washington. That's
when things like this slip through unnoticed until they're done.

Courage,
Carolyn


On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:27 PM, Lawrence London
<lfljvenaura@gmail.com>wrote:

>
> http://bretigne.typepad.com/on_the_banks/2013/05/how-long-before-this-is-illegal-too.html
>
> These are organic, heirloom carrot plants, gone to seed. Once the seeds are
> dry enough, we're going to harvest them, save them and plant some of them.
> If what's happening in Europe is any indication, it may not be long before
> doing this is against the
> law<http://www.nationofchange.org/all-about-new-eu-seed-law-1368022078>
> :
>
> "Under the new law, it will immediately be illegal to grow, reproduce or
> trade any vegetable seed or tree that has not been tested and approved by a
> new “EU Plant Variety Agency, who will make a list of approved plants.
> Moreover, an annual fee must also be paid to the Agency to keep them on the
> list, and if not paid, they cannot be grown."
>
> Yes, I know. There is now an exemption allowing home gardeners to "...save
> and swap unapproved seed." "Save and swap"? How about "sell"?
>
> Is there anyone my age who ever thought they would live in a world where
> governments controlled what kind of food people could eat, grow, sell? I
> sincerely hope that younger generations don't just think this is normal or
> acceptable. But given everything else the state exercises control over, who
> knows?
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--
Carolyn




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