from – https://www.primalseeds.org/applelincoln.htm The massacre of Apple Lincoln By Pat Mooney A tyranny of sameness is sweeping the earth. Why? Because the chemical companies have discovered gold in genes Lincoln was assassinated. So were Washington and Jefferson. In fact all three Lincolns were wiped out. In the end it wasnt so much an assassination as …
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Primal Seeds
Seed Issues Farming has become monoculture. Everywhere the same uniform and standardised seeds are sown. Most of the worlds once diverse crop varieties have been lost forever. go> Corporate Control Supermarket needs demand an industrial agriculture that destroys nature and makes unhealthy food. Now seed production is being taken over by chemical corporations. go> Guerrilla …
Seed Issues
from – https://www.primalseeds.org/seedissues.htm Seed Issues By Primal Seeds There are rows of different food products available in the supermarkets, but the variety on offer is an illusion. The essential foodstuffs that make up all of these products are derived from fewer and fewer sources. The number of differing crop varieties and animal breeds used in …
NYC Guerrilla Gardening
As part of New York’s May Day activities, NY Reclaim the Streets planned a guerrilla gardening [a] action at the heart of the city, in Wall Street. Unfortunately massive police presence and many ridiculous arrests, (for cycling or wearing masks,) made this impossible. The black bloc, (similarly dressed anarchists in black), were especially singled out.[b] …
Biosafety Protocol
On the night of the 8th of April a group calling itself the “Petaluma Pruners” destroyed grapes being grown on genetically engineered rootstocks in Sonoma County, California. The group have released the following communique: GE GRAPES AND THE PATENTING OF LIFE TAKE A HACKING! Spotlight on California Wine Country’s Dirty Little Patented Secret Under the …
Monsanto Splits
Monsanto and US/Swedish pharmacuetical transnational Pharmacia & Upjohn yesterday announced plans to merge. Pharmacia &Upjohn are interested only in Monsanto’s profitable pharmacuetical business. If the merger goes ahead the ailing agricultural biotech sector of Monsanto will be separated from the new company which will be called Pharmacia corporation, 20% will be sold off and the …
Conscientious Objection
<download this page> Working with students to support freedom of conscience and with teachers to introduce alternatives to animal experiments Some courses within biological science, human and veterinary medicine and other disciplines still involve the harmful use of animals. You may not have anticipated that such animal use would be part of your degree, and …
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There are millions of plants, of which at least 30,000 edible. We rely on no more than 30 to feed us. Rice, wheat and maize provide 65% of the world’s protein intake. 3 crops. home Diversity is what sustains life. Without it plants cannot evolve and adapt to changing conditions. Consider apples, some favour …
Asparagus – Asparagus officinalis
Description Aside from day lilies, asparagus is the only member of the liliaceae family that is cultivated for food. It is a perennial vegetable lasting up to 20 years and is grown for its young shoots, or spears, which are harvested mid April to early June. Growing up to 1.5 metres tall this ferny plant …
Amaryllidaceae
I find it hard to imagine a meal cooked without one of these very versatile plants. Often refered to as the onion family all members have a distinctive smell, caused by common sulphur compounds. Many produce by vegetative expansion as a preference although they can all seed. Cultivation Take a careful note of planting locations …