The Death of the EU seed Industry? - Marijuana News - International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums

DemonPigeon · 05-05-2013, 06:20 PM

Are we as fucked as this makes us seems?

We can't even GIVE each other seeds?

https://open-seeds.org/bad-seed-law/

(I should point out I was alerted to this by SILKA ENGLAND and BullDogUK and thought it should be on the news forum aswell as the security one)

Sandnut · 05-05-2013, 06:27 PM

that would be fuck up.......

05-05-2013, 06:28 PM

Cocksuckers.. They need real jobs.

moses wellfleet · 05-05-2013, 06:31 PM

Relax hemp is used as animal feed across the EU. Why do you think we still buying seeds so freely after all these years. You can't restrict animal feed, farming would grind to a halt!

HidingInTheHaze · 05-05-2013, 06:32 PM

I would be more worried about what is going to happen to the EU food crop seeds if that went thru. Most cannabis seed is produced and sold illegally anyways. I think the opening American markets, both legal and medical are going to really give some competition to the EU seed industry.

As more states go medical and legal it will be easier to sell seeds within the US and EU seed vendors will probably lose a lot of business.

DemonPigeon · 05-05-2013, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by moses wellfleet

Relax hemp is used as animal feed across the EU. Why do you think we still buying seeds so freely after all these years. You can't restrict animal feed, farming would grind to a halt!

This would mean any seeds not produced by major companies wouldn't be able to be sold any more

Hemp would be ok, but if you want Nirvana Cheese you'd be in trouble, unless Gypsy merges with Monsanto... Which would make things more interesting

DemonPigeon · 05-05-2013, 06:54 PM

BulldogUK has put up a link to a petition:

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=261810

Ur Humbl Nr8tor · 05-05-2013, 06:58 PM

Way more impact here than on the cannabis seed market. This sort of regulation allows the likes of Monsanto, Dow and Bayer to become the global providers of seed stock. Not a good thing if you ask me.

Silka_England · 05-05-2013, 07:57 PM

This talks about what would happen if the law was past. It might be owrth watching if anyone is interested in it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s4q5d

Hempsmoke · 05-05-2013, 08:30 PM

Eu tries to make all seeds what hemp seeds already are.
Farmers that grow hemp cant use their own seeds from the crop because then its possible for the hemp plant to produce more thc than the seed stock from the company so they are dependant on the seed producer.
I can imagine this will also apply to normal food crop, they will say " hey you cant grow your seeds because theres a POSSIBILITY your plants dont have the resistency to this or that pest so you have to buy seeds that provide that"

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05-05-2013, 06:31 PM	#4
moses wellfleet Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Not close enough to tropical! Posts: 2,617	Relax hemp is used as animal feed across the EU. Why do you think we still buying seeds so freely after all these years. You can't restrict animal feed, farming would grind to a halt!
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05-05-2013, 06:32 PM	#5
HidingInTheHaze Banned Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 2,959	I would be more worried about what is going to happen to the EU food crop seeds if that went thru. Most cannabis seed is produced and sold illegally anyways. I think the opening American markets, both legal and medical are going to really give some competition to the EU seed industry. As more states go medical and legal it will be easier to sell seeds within the US and EU seed vendors will probably lose a lot of business.
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05-05-2013, 06:54 PM	#7
DemonPigeon Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 624	BulldogUK has put up a link to a petition: https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=261810 __________________ In Cannabis Veritas
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05-05-2013, 06:58 PM	#8
Ur Humbl Nr8tor Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The Korova Milkbar Posts: 1,797	Way more impact here than on the cannabis seed market. This sort of regulation allows the likes of Monsanto, Dow and Bayer to become the global providers of seed stock. Not a good thing if you ask me. __________________ U.H.N Med Compliant Buy low, sell "HIGH" "I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker." - Stanley Kubrick Believe at your own peril...
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Silka_England New Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 4	This talks about what would happen if the law was past. It might be owrth watching if anyone is interested in it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s4q5d
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Hempsmoke Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 205	Eu tries to make all seeds what hemp seeds already are. Farmers that grow hemp cant use their own seeds from the crop because then its possible for the hemp plant to produce more thc than the seed stock from the company so they are dependant on the seed producer. I can imagine this will also apply to normal food crop, they will say " hey you cant grow your seeds because theres a POSSIBILITY your plants dont have the resistency to this or that pest so you have to buy seeds that provide that" __________________ MY COCO GROW ( Grow1 ,Grow2)
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