The government never stops finding ways to protect the public. fta: the library system received a letter from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture telling them they were in violation of the Seed Act of 2004. “We did talk to the county extension office before establishing the seed library,” Darr told Cumberland County commissioners at their meeting Thursday morning. “We were never apprised of the Seed Act.” The department told the library it could not have the seed library unless its staff tested each seed packet for germination and other information. Darr said that was clearly not something staff could handle. “This is not our core mission,” she said. “We thought we were doing a good thing in helping the Cumberland County Commission for Women (who requested the idea and the library’s participation).” She said the department indicated to her that it would continue to crack down on seed libraries that have established themselves in the state. Some of the commissioners questioned whether that was the best use of the department’s time and money, but commissioner Barbara Cross noted that such seed libraries on a large scale could very well pose a danger.
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 18:11:34 +0000
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