Thanks once again to “Jack” for the heads up on this:
Re: MASSIVE CHANGE COMING FOR AVOCADO INDUSTRY
This is the report I was looking for on how Seeka is currently wickedly planning to phase out the [non
-PVR] Hass avocados which anyone can now grow, and replace them with their own new variety which has their PVR licence, in the same way Zespri is licensing and controlling the G3 growers with its PVR, while attempting to force the green growers without any PVR on their variety out of business! Same as Monsanto licensing global food supply. Totally demonic!
And do look at the very short time frame that they’re working to – effectively this will ultimately put all of the existing avocado growers out of business if they don’t urgently switch to the new variety at a massive cost and under licence to Seeka, similar to the G3 hybrid kiwifruit.
One would think that there would be an uproar following this announcement. But no. Sheep still asleep!
Regards.
Jack.
That’s a good question Noel. Normally someone would set up a petition on sumofus or whatever, but look at how fast this is being pushed through!
Letters to parliament? Which mp is listening. Perhaps the Greens?
I’ve also published this at theCONtrail, they’re usually a pro active bunch.
I guess we’re lucky someone was alert enough to spot this in the first place….
Thanks Martin and Jack
This is beaurocratic madness how can we stop this ??
hi yes how do we stop this,we grow organic food up the East Coast of the north island and i have in spring planted three varieties of avocados on our land here,as 2016 saw a shortage of avos in NZ.
Hi Les.
I made a few suggestions and spread the word, which is my role. As someone with a vested interest in preventing this from taking place, perhaps yourself and other organic growers should band together and get a petition going, contact the media and voice your opposition, brainstorm some ideas?
If everyone runs around asking “what can be done?” then nothing will be done.