Re: [CH] Seed Licenses

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Looks like some stumbled across J.L. Hudson's seed site, again:
http://www.jlhudsonseeds.net/USDAComment.htm

Paul
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Byron" <byronbromley@tellink.net>
Sent: Saturday, 28 June, 2003 10:19 PM
Subject: [CH] Seed Licenses


> Anyone know if this is true?
> 
> Sounds fishy but believable
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> SEED LICENSES
> 
> The USDA is at it again ... with a plan to make it a
> federal law that farmers and gardeners who save seeds
> will have to have a license ($100 minimum in
> California).
> The penalties are from $1,000 for home gardeners to
> $250,000 for nurseries. Also, gardeners must be able
> to prove that their cultivated plants are
> USDA-approved.
> This is going to make it more and more difficult
> to get non-genetic modified seeds.

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