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Preserving heirloom varieties through planting and harvesting requires little time and money.

In the U.S. it is increasingly difficult to grow one's own food due to legislation against small farms and seed libraries.



How do you legislate against a seed library? I can understand the big companies patenting particular seeds, or lobbying against state funding for libraries - but actually legislating against one? (Not trolling: genuinely interested in what arguments a Monsanto lobbyist (say) could use in this case).


"Gentlemen, here's $70,000,000.00(1) and a new word: agriterrorism."

1) https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D00000005...


Thanks, Googling for agriterrorism led me to this:

http://cumberlink.com/news/local/communities/carlisle/depart...

Incredible.




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