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  • From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Livingontheland] Prince Charles calls EU seed laws "crazy"
  • Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:37:00 -0600

Prince Charles calls EU seed laws "crazy"
http://www.kitchengardeners.org/2007/04/prince_charles.html

The heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, described as "crazy"
European Union legislation which prevents the sale of seeds from old
vegetable varieties, in an interview released Wednesday.

"What could be crazier than, I think, having the kind of EU legislation
which made it impossible to sell the seeds of many of these wonderful old
varieties that people have developed over thousands of years?" he said.

"Hundreds of varieties have been lost -- wonderful things which our
forefathers took enormous trouble to develop and which, in many cases, are
resistant to all sorts of prevalent diseases."

Under EU seeds marketing directives, seeds must meet minimum quality
standards and old varieties fall foul of strict testing criteria.





  • [Livingontheland] Prince Charles calls EU seed laws "crazy", TradingPostPaul, 04/23/2007

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