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Re: The Jacksons and seeds from/for New Zealand

Noel wrote,
> Most of the commercial seed supplies
>are imported from overseas by about three seed companies and we don't have
>anywhere near the selection you do in America.  I must contact the New
>Zealand customs people and see if there are any restrictions on importing
>any particular types of vegetable seed as I would love to trial some of
>the different varieties you have in your country.

Hi, Noel.  It's possible that Customs is the right button to push locally,
but more likely you'll need to make contact with your national department of
agriculture.  I work for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service.  APHIS' Plant Protection and Quarantine
branch is the outfit here that governs what agricutural items and produce
can and can't come into the United States from abroad.

When you get the right government folks lined up at your end, give me an
e-buzz at my office (jwintermute@aphis.usda.gov) and I'll put our people in
touch with your people and we'll see what develops.

Meantime, visit our agency's Webpage (http://www.aphis.usda.gov) and noodle
around.  The links to PPQ aren't working just right (as of yesterday), so
you might want to type /ppq at the end of that URL if you can't get in from
the main page.

I just spent some time in the PPQ site, and they've got *lots* of
interesting stuff. For instance, Listers, APHIS manages the Federal Noxious
Weeds list.  And if weeds in general are a worry, PPQ has links to the Weed
Science Society of America's weed photo gallery to help you sharpen your
identification skills.

--Janet Wintermute
Writer/Editor, USDA, APHIS, Legislative & Public Affairs
Riverdale, Maryland

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