Deborah Hartmann Preuss, pcc on Nostr: 😲😡 "the government announced amendments to Canada's seed laws that would force ...

😲😡 "the government announced amendments to Canada's seed laws that would force farmers to pay seed companies royalties for decades after their original purchase. Even if farmers grow [using] seed they produced themselves from earlier crops, instead of buying new seed, they must pay the royalties for >20 years … also restrict ability to save & use hybrid seeds …
Critics say it will further exacerbate a crisis in seed diversity, supply & resilience to climate change."
https://mstdn.ca/@DanFox/112767268667080794