Re: [Fwd: Natural Life Magazine #61 - Saving Seed Becomes Illegal]
Windy, we differ in our views of this subject its plain..As most crop seed(
and home garden seed for that matter)are currently and largely F1 in nature
this hardly seems necessary as it will not reproduce true from saved seed
anyway ..So why the necessity to render them entirely unable to reproduce?,
the answer is of course obvious ,money and dependency on the sole source of
attaining these seeds..
Third world countries have developed many fine regionally adapted seeds
strains,while they may not produce in quantity what the F1 strains are capable
of they are deserving of preservation (in some cases imperative)but most often
that is not what happens.The seed is either lost due to neglect on the owners
part (after deciding to go with the corp.seeds)or in some cases the Mega seed
companies buy up the existing seed and then are no longer available to the 3rd
world farmer to return to...Sorry to go on so, you are entitled to your veiw
but will leave you with this thought "he who controls the availability of
food,controls all".
Connie
Windy wrote:
> Connie Hoy wrote:
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > 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>
> >
> > To all Seed list members,
> >
> > 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
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > [Copyright © The Alternate Press]
> > 215
> > [May 1998 Index] [Subject Index] [www.life.ca Home Page]
>
> 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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