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["Heather Gaudet" <heather@ecoversity.org>]

What an ironic metaphor for our social dysfunction.

Heather Gaudet
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Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 9:40 AM
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Subject: [permaculture] Permaculture seedballs seized by Sacramento
policein dawn raid

Permaculture seedballs seized by Sacramento police in dawn raid
author: Daniel Youngberg

SACRAMENTO--This morning at around 7:00 a.m., Sacramento police  
officers paid a visit to the WTO mobiization Welcome Center and  
seized over 100 permaculture seed-balls. Activists from around the  
country have been gathering in Sacramento and meeting at the Welcome  
Center in preparation for protests against a June 23-25 U.S.  
Department of Agriculture tradeshow intended to convince WTO member  
countries to accept new guidelines regarding biotechnology and  
genetic engineering.

The police claimed that the seedballs were illegal under statute  
12.48.090, which is "Possession of prohibited weapons during a parade  
or demonstration". The fact that the seedballs were sitting idly at  
the edge of the parking lot, drying in the sun, rather than being  
part of a "parade or demonstration" was an irrelevant distinction to  
the police, who noted that protests are planned soon in Sacramento.  
Activists had made the seedballs the day before during a permaculture  
workshop. Each one contains soil, some straw, and seeds. When left on  
the ground, the seedballs are supposed to break down and sprout.  
Seedballs have been used in urban areas to bring flowers and food to  
areas in need of more green or sustenance. These particular balls  
contain heirloom seeds for growing clover and mustard, among other  
things.

much more at:

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2003/06/266757.shtml
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