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[Betty Mayfield <bmayfield@opusnet.com>]

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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