EU is preparing legislation that will make it illegal to grow crops that are not on a list of approved seeds? A list that currently 60% dominated by big corporations like Monsanto, AstraZenecar and others? The pros list are basically only hybrids - which means that you can not take next year's seed from his crop. Furthermore, it will not only be forbidden to sell other seeds than those already mentioned, but also to grow. "File sharing" in the area of seeds will become a criminal act. This means that people be even less able to influence what you eat, when you can not even decide what to grow. It also means that the varieties that are historically interesting will disappear, even varieties that can withstand our climate
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In france seed companies have already been prevented by the courts from selling seeds that are not from the 'approved list.' However a way around this is that seed-clubs may sell any seed bewteen members without restriction, so any small seed company can just add 1p to the cost of a packet of seeds and call it a 'club membership fee'. Job done and one finger up to the EU and global seed companies
Moony wrote:In france seed companies have already been prevented by the courts from selling seeds that are not from the 'approved list.' However a way around this is that seed-clubs may sell any seed bewteen members without restriction, so any small seed company can just add 1p to the cost of a packet of seeds and call it a 'club membership fee'. Job done and one finger up to the EU and global seed companies
