Re: [CH] Monsanto, GM - a dissent
Frank J. Hashek (pepperking@mindspring.com)
Sat, 15 May 1999 07:42:52 -0500
All the more reason to give our business to The Chile Woman and others who
save their seed and are actively preserving and merchandising traditional
chile varieties.
Perhaps someone who has a list of growers of traditional varieties and seed
exchanges could either post the list or a URL.
Peace and heat,
Frank
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>Reply-To: "David C. Yoshiba" <av8d-ysb@asahi-net.or.jp>
>
reason I write this at all
>is some local news.
>
>Recently here in Japan it was announced that the meat and milk of cloned
>cattle was put on sale. It was announced AFTER the first shipments were sold
>to consumers. No labelling, no warning, no mention
>
>On to chiles.
>It is incumbent upon us to work to preserve our own favorite varieties. We
>certainly can't expect large corporations to do it for us. I see only two
>ways to do this.
>1) Buy from reputable people that sell only the "real thing."
>2) Ensure that you can grow your own seed for varieties you really want
>If anyone is
>interested, please contact me personally and I will try to set up your
>connections.
>
>Thanks,
>
>David Yoshiba