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New EU law propsal to ban all traditional vegetable varieties unless liceenced

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  • 30-04-2013 11:42am
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    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,697 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    This is really quite startling and sad. The might of industry is flexing its muscles and looking to gain full control of the seed market.

    This page is well worth a read and how you can influence the outcome.

    http://www.realseeds.co.uk/seedlaw.html


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    SligoEdo
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    I mailed Maire Geoghegan-Quinn last week to find out her stance on this. Still no response. One thing about this, if it does go through, they'll never be able to enforce it. But it's still saddening to see a law like this being discussed.


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    Markcheese
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    Why the seed industry can't have their registered seeds and leave everyone else do what they've always done (even if traditional seed has to be labeled as unregistered) .... Then people could pay their money and take their choice ....

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



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    Qualitymark
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    SligoEdo wrote: »
    I mailed Maire Geoghegan-Quinn last week to find out her stance on this. Still no response. One thing about this, if it does go through, they'll never be able to enforce it. But it's still saddening to see a law like this being discussed.

    They've already enforced a similar ban on seeds of many food plants; while there is an underground trade, the diversity available to the ordinary buyer has crashed, because it costs more than most small plant growers can afford to license seeds for sale.


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    periodictable
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    Tabnabs wrote: »
    This is really quite startling and sad. The might of industry is flexing its muscles and looking to gain full control of the seed market.

    This page is well worth a read and how you can influence the outcome.

    http://www.realseeds.co.uk/seedlaw.html

    This is the horses**t behaviour that makes people anti-EU.


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    17larsson
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    This will be disgusting if it passes, the vote is on Monday I think


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    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,697 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    SligoEdo wrote: »
    I mailed Maire Geoghegan-Quinn last week to find out her stance on this. Still no response. One thing about this, if it does go through, they'll never be able to enforce it. But it's still saddening to see a law like this being discussed.

    Same here, no response from her office either.


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