Fw: [BCFSN] Are Organic Growers unknowingly breaking a law?

[Allison Huttton]

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From: "Arzeena Hamir" <arzeen...@shaw.ca>
To: "BCFSN list" <fo...@bcfsn.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 8:19 AM
Subject: [BCFSN] Are Organic Growers unknowingly breaking a law?

> Dear food activists,
>
> Seminis Garden, now owned by Monsanto, is a huge supplier to the garden
> seed industry (West Coast Seeds, Johnny's etc) . Some of your favourite
> vegetable varieties are developed by them (many of the snap peas and
> tomato varieties). It now turns out that they do not want growers to save
> any of their seed, even the non-GMO lines.
>
> http://blog.seedalliance.org/2010/03/16/organic-vegetable-farmers--warning--you-may-be-engaging-in-contract-agreements-with-monsanto.aspx
>
> By doing so, you may be breaking some law. I can't understand how they
> can do this, especially when they're using genetic material that has been
> around for hundreds of years to develop these lines. Another reason to
> boost the push for local seeds...
>
> Arzeena Hamir MSc. P.Ag.
> Coordinator
> Richmond Food Security Society
> http://richmondfoodsecurity.org
> coord...@richmondfoodsecurity.org
> http://twitter.com/arzeena
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