Heirloom seed proponents now labeled ’agri-terrorists’ by government
Source: naturalnews.com
Increasingly, when Americans "dare" to color outside the lines of government food regulation, those who seek to rule us label them extremists and, now, even "agri-terrorists."As noted by Daisy Luther at The Organic Prepper, officials more than one state have turned into food Nazis:
It looks like Michigan is not the only state with a Department of Agriculture that is adamant about the best interests of their citizens. Residents in Pennsylvania can now breathe a little bit easier since an illegal enterprise has been shut down.
The Joseph T. Simpson Public Library in Mechanicsburg was participating in an activity that put the entire ecosystem of the state at risk.
In an astonishing act of hubris, they were running a seed library, right there amongst the books, in the very facility where small children go to have stories read to them.
Yes, that’s right; a seed library.
’We’re from the government and we know what is best’
For those who are not familiar with seed libraries, they permit consumers to walk in and take home Heirloom seeds - for free. The "borrower" plants the seeds and then, when harvest time comes around, he/she saves seeds and then returns them to the library, where they can then be loaned out to others.
But apparently, Luther writes, that practice is in violation of the "Seed Act of 2004." Yes, America, there is actually a law that makes seed lending and replacement illegal.
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