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Subject Urgent Call For Action - New EU Seed Law to ban all traditional vegetable varieties unless registered and licenced!

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I grow nothing cos I am a shit gardener.Let the farmers grow what they are allowed to. It's only them if affects. You eat crap no matter what you think you know.

Support local produce.

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you can still grow your own and support local produce. i get a fruit/veg box from a local organic farm and i grow all my own herbs and salad veg, i don't even have a garden, i just have a small area of roof outside a bedroom window.
this doesnt matter if you grow, if you buy organic and loca or even if you are a clueless fuck still buying your shit from tesco

SIGNNNNN!!
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Was that a sigh?!?! :-)

Your right. Im just used to having a local farmers market. I do grow my own herbs,  strawberries, scallion and garlic because they are easy. We've mint around the play area, and a few fruit trees but I only ever get one or two fruit

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Original Message There is urgent action needed against the upcoming EU seed marketing law. The new regulation will de facto ban old and rare varieties and farmers varieties and stop the exchange and selling of traditional seeds.

DG SANCO (the Directorate General of the EU for Sanitary and Consumer affairs) has been working on a proposal for a new regulation for years, driven by lobbying of the globalised agricultural seed industry .The seed industry is pushing the legislation hard, they've spent a lot of money on it.

However, two other EU directorates, DG AGRI (agricultural affairs) and DG ENVI (environmental affairs) both oppose the proposal because it is so bad for agriculture and biodiversity! So DG SANCO is pushing ahead with the new law anyways by putting it directly to the Commission this week.

There is only a little chance to get a majority of commissioners to vote against the current proposal, but we still should try.

Each country of the EU has one commissioner in Brussels, so we need 14 votes against the proposal. The commissioners of DG AGRI and DG ENVI should vote against, so we need 12 more.

Please write to at least the commissioner of your country and convince him/her to vote "NO" on the proposal of DG SANCO on 6th of May

[link to www.realseeds.co.uk]

FAQ – Frequently asked Questions about the new EU Seed Law (“Revision of the EU Regulation on the Seed and Plant Propagating Material”)
[link to seedpolicy.arche-noah.at]

The draft version itself..all 98 pages of no doubt WTF's by the boat load.
[link to www.seed-sovereignty.org]

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