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Re: [permaculture] Seeds of Change, supplier of open pollinated seeds is no more; gone.
- From: Jonathan Storvick <jstorvick@gmail.com>
- To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [permaculture] Seeds of Change, supplier of open pollinated seeds is no more; gone.
- Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 07:37:36 -0400
Is there any documentation for this? I couldn't find any news links from a
web search.
Cheers,
Jon
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 2:37 AM, Lawrence F. London, Jr. <
venaurafarm@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> Mars (manufacturer of junk food candy bars) bought Seeds
> of Change some years ago. A natural food store manager told me they
> offered no seeds to them last year for resale. Last week the goons in
> the employ of Mars (possibly from there as well) appeared at Seeds of
> Change, told _everyone_ (read: _all_ employees) that they were fired on
> the spot and to get their things together and leave the property
> immediately. They confiscated their laptops and cellphones, were not
> allowed to download their personal data, were watched while emptying
> their desks (might take a company ball point pen) then escorted off the
> property. The organization is being dismantled and the property will be
> sold. No more Seeds of Change, supplier of open pollinated seeds. A very
> similar scenario unfolded a few years ago at Seed Savers Exchange after an
> internal coup carried out partly by Monsanto surrogates resulted in the loss
> of nearly a life's work by Kent Whealy.
>
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[permaculture] Seeds of Change, supplier of open pollinated seeds is no more; gone.,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 08/04/2010
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Re: [permaculture] Seeds of Change, supplier of open pollinated seeds is no more; gone.,
Jonathan Storvick, 08/04/2010
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Re: [permaculture] Seeds of Change, supplier of open pollinated seeds is no more; gone.,
Jerome Rigot, 08/04/2010
- Re: [permaculture] Seeds of Change, supplier of open pollinated seeds is no more; gone., Barbara Meyer, 08/04/2010
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Re: [permaculture] Seeds of Change, supplier of open pollinatedseeds is no more; gone.,
Scott Pittman, 08/04/2010
- Re: [permaculture] Seeds of Change, supplier of open pollinatedseeds is no more; gone., Darren Doherty, 08/04/2010
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Re: [permaculture] Seeds of Change, supplier of open pollinated seeds is no more; gone.,
Jerome Rigot, 08/04/2010
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Re: [permaculture] Seeds of Change, supplier of open pollinated seeds is no more; gone.,
Jonathan Storvick, 08/04/2010
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