WARNING: Protecting biodiversity is now living outside the law! It costs frankly cheap to buy good organic seeds and learn how to store / freeze ... A well-preserved seed refrains from 5 to 10 years.
Who knows what will look like in this company 10 years at the rate it's going? More reason to do this kind of storage, you may be glad in a few years can be planted to feed you properly ...
true common good, farmers' seeds are devoid of any intellectual property right, contrary to GM crops, on which a patent in the United States, Canada or a certificate of plant variety in the European Union.
Also called "heirloom" seeds these farmers are produced, selected and retained on farms. They are often bequeathed by former generations of young farmers, who bequeathed to turn these seeds to their children. They can of course be to improve cross-species, but their preservation helps prevent ongoing standardization of different types of tomatoes, rice, corn ...
This seed farmers should in theory be freely disseminated between farmers. Problem: U.S. and European regulations increasingly restrict this right. The laws governing intellectual and industrial property prohibit the exchange, or disseminate reproduced!
The idea of "houses of the seed is that farmers and gardeners bring them together to share their seeds and jointly manage this heritage.
As explained Guy Kastler, Chief Executive of the Network, "you can not replant their separate ways each year from 500 to 800 varieties of seeds. "
Call to gardeners is launched but also to all citizens who can provide an effective role in advocacy with elected officials to recognize the rights of farmers and gardeners to conserve, and replant exchange seeds.
article by Marc Lafontan
Source: The Blog At The End of the Road "
article http://au-bout-de-la-route.blogspot.com/2011/02/france-proteger-la-biodiversite est.html-
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Association Kokopelli (France)
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