Europe: cultivate your garden, soon a crime?

[The shadow]

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Growing your garden could become a criminal offense

Having a garden may soon become a wrongdoing. A new law proposed by the European Commission calls for the illegality of growing, reproducing or selling plant seeds that have not been tested and approved by a new authority (the European Plant Variety Agency). By criminalizing the private growing of vegetables, the European Commission would hand over control of the food supply to companies like Monsanto.
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http://www.rtl.be/info/vous/temoignage/ ... e-criminel

BJ to all

[Remundo]

A big thank you to the Brussels sprouts ...

[The shadow]

thank you for the complement you added

[Christophe]

Ptin! But what are we waiting for to blow up this system?

That this is no longer possible?

[delnoram]

I may be wrong, but it seems that our small gardens are not affected, if I believe what we can read here:


http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-398_fr.htm

10) Is the use of seeds by amateur gardeners concerned?

The use of seeds in private gardens is not regulated by EU law. Home gardeners can buy any type of seed or plant material and sell their material in small quantities. They may choose to purchase material that has not been tested and registered and whose identity, health and quality will only be guaranteed by the producer of the material (niche material).

Under this system, home gardeners can also sell any type of equipment. They can also choose to buy equipment produced and marketed by professional operators, that is to say operators exercising in a professional capacity the activities of selection, production and sale of seeds, in garden centers for example. In this case, more stringent rules apply and tests concerning identity, health and quality are necessary.

The reform clarifies the situation: any non-professional (amateur gardener, for example) will be able to exchange seeds with other individuals without being affected by the provisions of the proposed regulation. The proposed regulation provides that the seed user receives the necessary information on the identity of the material (name of the variety and characters tested, for example) and that the health and quality of the material is guaranteed.

[Other]

Hello
A western Canadian cultivator who cultivated natural sweet mayis was brought to justice by a seed company because they found several transgenic maiis plants among his culture.
Its neighbors of earth next to cultivates transgenic, some splan are contaminated its ground.
He must pay a large fine and this judgment serves as case law.
the farmers' association is trying to force the government to label the transgenic product on the counters of the stores nothing is moving.
governments have become puppets, the judiciary system loses all its credibility .. (sometimes I wonder what is the use of elected officials, cenators, judges appointed by political parties, to see corruption and colution among the asphalt vendors public works contractor, fuel seller.
the seed monopolies.
A cultivator who starts using transgenic has both hands linked with the seed tree.

Very quickly we will even be able to let a seed plan rise to the seed to redo the seed ...
I have been doing this for decades of old salad and zucchini plants that are not found commercially.
Morality does what you have to do, resist all these stupid rules.

Andre

[Remundo]

there will perhaps be some "exemptions" for gardeners-amateurs, anyway, it is hardly controllable.

but we feel the regulation of living things oriented "big firm" and the freedom of each which is divided ...

What was once considered perfectly obvious and legitimate, even for professionals (choosing your seeds, being independent), becomes an exemption granted to individuals ...

Next step ?

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[chatelot16]

it's the world upside down ! for me the little gardener has been contaminated his garden with rotten seed he should file a complaint

the world upside down is the little gardener who is accused of illegally using the seed that flies from the neighbor

to continue to authorize the amateur gardener to use the seed self produced is not enough ... to authorize only the amateurs that means to prohibit to sell and to earn a living with!

in a country with 3 million unemployed is it very reasonable to ban cultures which do no harm to anyone?

there are associations that defend the biodiversity of plants and animals far away ... maybe we should also take care of our tomatoes and our gardener!

there are endangered gardener species!

[Christophe]

Don't search ...

This topic is timely: https://www.econologie.com/forums/desobeisso ... 12523.html

[Christophe]

but we feel the regulation of living things oriented "big firm" and the freedom of each which is divided ...

What was once considered perfectly obvious and legitimate, even for professionals (choosing your seeds, being independent), becomes an exemption granted to individuals ...

Next step ?

@+

Exactly, that's what to remember from this "info" ...