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Seed Diversity means Food Security!
Source: Greens EFA
Related article: http://eat-better.greens-efa.eu/seed-regulation-heading-off-a-serious-threat-to-biodiversity-and-long-term-food-production-11999.html
The Greens have for many years now been critical of the negative effects of EU seed laws on agricultural biodiversity. We have been supporting an EU-wide seed network of NGOs and farmers organisations and have highlighted the need to improve conservation through sustainable use in our food campaign.
Today, thanks to very good campaigning by NGOs and the tabling of around 1400 amendments that reflect the concerns of small farmers and breeders, the whole parliament has rejected this unfair proposal and asked the Commission to go back to the drawing board.
Green candidates for the European elections and then from May onwards, newly-elected MEPs, will keep fighting to make key green principles on food security, farmers’ rights and respect of biodiversity central to the new proposal.
Watch our short video on the kind of proposal we want
Source: http://www.earth-heal.com/videos/viewvideo/3190/seed-diversity-means-food-security.html
