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  • From: Betty Mayfield <bmayfield@opusnet.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>, North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] English orchards, was Re: Pavlovsk seed bank: Update
  • Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:30:59 -0700

At 07:12 PM 9/21/2010, dylanford wrote:


Interesting article, but links from the Guardian URL led to the dangers facing English apple orchards. The 2004 article said that the European Union classified orchards as non-agricultural and would no long pay an agriculture subsidy for them.


An insane European ruling will be the final straw for the English apple

By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 30th October 2004.

http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2004/10/30/fallen-fruit/
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The 2009 article told of efforts by two groups to preserve rare varieties.

Orchards may vanish by the end of the century, conservationists warn

Natural England and National Trust project launched to preserve rare varieties of apples, pears and plums, bring communities together and protect biodiverse habitats

Steven Morris, guardian.co.uk Friday, April 24, 2009

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/24/traditional-orchards-biodiversity
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Betty Mayfield
northwest Oregon


The battle to save Russia's



 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/20/campaign-russia-pavlovsk-seed-bank

Scientists and conservationists are waging an international campaign to save Russian botanist Nikolai Vavilov's Pavlovsk seed bank from being turned over to housing developers
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