If history is any guide this may be bad news for small grower & enthusiast. Once genes cultivated in other organic material it will be "owned" as intellectual property & become the exclusive domain of a corporation or drug company. Next comes alteration/destruction of "natural" forms as was done in Tasmania and Australia. Now may be the time to establish heirloom seed banks for poppies. May the architects of America's War on Drugs rot, get black spots, worms and spend eternity in a compost heap.
If history is any guide this may be bad news for small grower & enthusiast. Once genes cultivated in other organic material it will be "owned" as intellectual property & become the exclusive domain of a corporation or drug company. Next comes alteration/destruction of "natural" forms as was done in Tasmania and Australia. Now may be the time to establish heirloom seed banks for poppies. May the architects of America's War on Drugs rot, get black spots, worms and spend eternity in a compost heap.
TamarZucker 1 year ago 78