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["Wendy" <crazygardens AT nationi.net>]

Oops.  Sorry.  Try this.


http://www.vegsource.com/articles2/iraq_seeds.htm



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rob
  To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 8:35 PM
  Subject: Re: [Homestead] Iraqis forbiden to save seeds.


  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