Re: [Fwd: Natural Life Magazine #61 - Saving Seed Becomes Illegal]

Connie Hoy wrote:
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> Subject: Natural Life Magazine #61 - Saving Seed Becomes Illegal
> Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 15:02:50 -0700
> From: Connie Hoy <coneh@uswest.net>
> To: "seeds-list@eskimo.com" <seeds-list@eskimo.com>
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> To all Seed list members,
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> As we all share a need/love of growing from seed I thought you would
> want to know what is quietly taking place.I will refrain from comment
> hoping you will read this page for yourself and direct your actions
> accordingly.One thing I think we can agree on is its not difficult to
> imagine this could forever alter gardening as we  know it and the
> uncertainty if they would be content with the commercial crops
> only....Please read and share this with others..Your opinion counts with
> your legislator.
> Connie Hoy
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>   According to USDA spokesman Willard Phelps, Delta & Pine Land Co.
>   has the option to exclusively license the patented technology that
>   it jointly developed with USDA researchers. The USDA wants the
>   technology to be “widely licensed and made expeditiously available
>   to many seed companies,” says  Phelps. The goal is “to increase
>   the value of proprietary seed owned by US seed companies and to
>   open up new markets in Second and Third World countries.”
> 
>   Delta & Pine Land Co. is the largest cotton seed company in the
>   world, with 1997 annual sales of $183 million. Monsanto is a minor
>   shareholder in Delta & Pineland; the two companies have a joint
>   cotton seed venture in China.
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 This sounds like a large scale political move concerning farming as an
industry and other nations that could benefit from it. 
 I don't think we have to worry about propagating our plants we have in
our garden.
 Aren't certain things like reproducing roses that are patented already
a part of the gardening world?
 Rita

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