tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3778349612469580118.post7745980799119288930..comments2023-10-12T00:50:48.202+10:00Comments on + sophie munns : visual eclectica + : shredding oranges... but can we grow them?Sophie Munnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02797068983613314554noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3778349612469580118.post-55271214799840818742011-01-27T10:09:36.521+10:002011-01-27T10:09:36.521+10:00Good to hear from you Donna...
it is a good quote ...Good to hear from you Donna...<br />it is a good quote ...very zen really!<br />I had a chuckle at your second comment!<br />SSophie Munnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02797068983613314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3778349612469580118.post-36963461215745421602011-01-27T09:31:11.316+10:002011-01-27T09:31:11.316+10:00love the DH Lawrence quote- and there are a lot of...love the DH Lawrence quote- and there are a lot of whacky people on Capitol Hill these days...layershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10991288165260934778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3778349612469580118.post-34690556086754626732011-01-26T14:31:15.001+10:002011-01-26T14:31:15.001+10:00Sophie, I just love both of your blogs and want to...Sophie, I just love both of your blogs and want to thank you again for sharing your visual art with us as well as your passion for seeds and saving seeds for our future and our children's future. I gained even more appreciation for seeds and seed saving since reading your blogs and that is why I have awarded you a "Stylish Blogger Award" via my blog. You inspire me as well as so many others. Thank you!Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528705304212511604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3778349612469580118.post-17183042979907175712011-01-25T17:36:44.455+10:002011-01-25T17:36:44.455+10:00Thanks for commenting Carolyn!
Interesting you as...Thanks for commenting Carolyn!<br /><br />Interesting you ask those questions... Its actually difficult for me to comprehend why an entity like Monsanto and co would want so much control of everything, everywhere.... and with such cultural disruption and anger coming back at them.<br />Thing is ... we only live for a short time really... we cant take our money with us... I often try to fathom what satisfaction they could possibly derive from the kinds of strategies they live by.<br />But I guess this phenomenon is known through all of millennia and mythology...<br /><br />The fact they make people sign contracts to keep buying seeds each season means they have made people reliant on them... quite simply. If we save our own seeds and regenerate them each year... we dont need this company necessarily. <br /><br />People end up in debt often to these companies... they trap people .... and the US is said to be rife with farmers already in this position... let along people in other parts of the world.<br /><br />The critical thing I could say is that we once were far more connected and responsible for the food supply that kept us alive... over several decade or more we've lost sight of our food security needs ... well those of us in comfortable lives have!<br />While we weren't looking ...a lot for shady deals were made in the name of progress.<br /><br />We need to take much more notice now. <br /><br />cheers,<br />SSophie Munnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02797068983613314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3778349612469580118.post-85180397921018205582011-01-25T16:53:58.291+10:002011-01-25T16:53:58.291+10:00Dear Sophie,
I couldn't believe what I was rea...Dear Sophie,<br />I couldn't believe what I was reading and went on to read the two articles. It seems so far fetch and so impossible...although sometimes things that seems so far to believe do come true!<br />That is too scary for words.<br />Are they afraid that keeping our own seeds that theire could be a mutation in the future plant as when a vegetable self-plant? Surely they are keeping seeds the same way....<br />CarolynCChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027602551238284131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3778349612469580118.post-28426613992595922082011-01-25T11:41:44.423+10:002011-01-25T11:41:44.423+10:00Hi Lesley,
Thanks for leaving your comments today....Hi Lesley,<br />Thanks for leaving your comments today.I hope you get to read the comments over at the homage blog.<br /><br />There's been a range of feedback that is presently looking like - at worst - small operating farms may be saddled with the burden of over-regulation from changes in legislation. I dont say that lightly mind you... that has serious consequences... small operators are more attuned to sustainability and biodiversity. So if that in any way undermines that sector than I think it is still, significantly, not good news<br /><br /><br />There is a lot of caution being expressed where people are saying it appears not to affect the back-yard story and seed-saving. Whilst commenting it appears there is nothing problematic for back yarders thats part of the policy ..... one can detect a certain discomfort about the policy language and will want to see how it does play out before being convinced there's no need to worry.<br /><br />So... we can breathe out... for now!<br /><br />Apparently there is a huge amount of discussion circulating around misinformation and mis- understanding of this bill. It was quite difficult to get information one felt was reliable. So bloggers were most helpful! <br /><br />My feeling yesterday was that if it was that major... that back-yard gardening and seed-saving would be made illegal.... why was I just hearing about it now.<br /><br />Having said that though.... Monsanto and Co have such a critically unethical track record... yet inevitably manage to get legislation passed... in the US, at the World Trade Organisation, even in Iraq .... so that I think many are poised to think the worst! People seriously believe this company is capable of anything... and no community would be spared if they set their sights on it.<br />That belief has not come out of nowhere.... so vigilance.... awareness ...<br />continuing the good practices of gardening, saving seeds, valuing our seed heritage... thats important... <br />enjoy your gardening Lesley and thank you for stopping in,<br />SophieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3778349612469580118.post-60820547517059545982011-01-25T05:50:48.122+10:002011-01-25T05:50:48.122+10:00Sophie,
I had to read that post twice to make sure...Sophie,<br />I had to read that post twice to make sure I wasn't getting the wrong message. What draconian measures!! That will surely never become law? I couldn't imagine gardening without sowing seeds I saved from last year, or from using ones my friends sent me, or the vegetables from the Heritage Seed Library. I hope the people who have the right to protest against this are mobilised into action. LesleyLAC EMP 2020https://www.blogger.com/profile/01999825212820503519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3778349612469580118.post-58770049452199067562011-01-24T22:02:52.075+10:002011-01-24T22:02:52.075+10:00Im so pleased your reaction was similar to mine Ro...Im so pleased your reaction was similar to mine Robyn.<br />Really i was busy dong other things but had to go straight and blog about it.<br />Its bothering me the immensity of the proposal and that Im not hearing anything!<br />Glad you are taking it to the table.<br />The perfect moment to post that poem... GREAT to hear your thoughts!<br />Bon appetite!<br />SophieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3778349612469580118.post-8980494716018019332011-01-24T21:54:00.738+10:002011-01-24T21:54:00.738+10:00My mouth dropped open reading about this prospecti...My mouth dropped open reading about this prospective new bill. It couldn't possibly happen here in a country like Africa because this is how we survive. I'm actually gobsmacked! Thanks for drawing our attention to it Sophie. It is going to cause quite a buzz at the dinner table tonight. Love the DH Lawrence poem. He has been a favourite of mine since school days.ArtPropelledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853722164314994360noreply@blogger.com