There is nothing more natural for a #farmer or a gardener than to save seeds from one season to plant during the next. Yet, as reported by Grain.org,from #Guatemala to #Ghana, from #Mozambique to #Malaysia, this basic practice is being turned into a criminal offense, so that half a dozen large multinational corporations can turn seeds into private property and make money from them. As if it were not enough to develop potentially unsafe seeds and force third-world farmers into chattel slavery, big-agro companies are lobbying all over the world to criminalize seed-saving. This is being achieved through free-trade agreements between entities such as the US, the #EuropeanUnion, and their third-world trading partners. These agreements allow for the unchallenged entry of massive #multinational corporations into local markets, effectively killing or annexing small-scale production. Following the trend that has seen states such as #Michigan criminalize small family farms, the saving of wild or unregistered seeds will soon be made illegal in Europe. This will be achieved by requiring that all seeds be regulated and registered: an expensive practice that will not allow small-scale and family farmers to afford conserving their seeds, if not illegally. #Sustainable #Seed #SmallFarm #Permaculture #Indigenous #BigAg #AgroIndustry #Monsanto #Cargill #GMO #HybridSeed #EEUU #Pesticide #Insecticide
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 19:50:25 +0000
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