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From: Kathy Guest <Irisborer at AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: AEG SeedEx 2006--intercepted & destroyed
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In a message dated 4/10/2006 10:05:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
jshields at INDY.NET writes:

> Some of us who have to have good relations with US Customs and with the
> USDA may have to drop out of "illegal" seed exchange systems

Good morning:

I did not participate in the exchange this year or last since Mike and I =are
in the process of moving a garden (to arisaema paradise.....13 acreas of =beech
wood), but I have been reading these posts with mounting horror.  There d=oes
not seem to be a clear US policy on imported plant material and it also s=eems
to me that it's a gamble to continue this exchange unchanged next year.

I live on the border of Canada...  there is often reason to move plant
material across the US/CA bridge.  If you take the time to get the proper=paperwork
you may or may not have your plants confiscated ANYWAY.....  depending on=the
border guard, depending on the phase of the moon, depending on the status=of
the various union contracts - they choose to recognize or not recognize t=he
phytos.

Anyway...  perhaps we will have to have one internal exchange for the US =as
someone suggested and the rest of you carry on happily.  Sad, is it not, =that
an innocent activity like a seed exchange should become so complicated.

Kathy Guest Shadrack
East Aurora, NY

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="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 4/10/20=06 10:05:=
43 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jshields at INDY.NET writes:<BR>
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Good morning:<BR>
<BR>
I did not participate in the exchange this year or last since Mike and I =are=
in the process of moving a garden (to arisaema paradise.....13 acreas of=be=
ech wood), but I have been reading these posts with mounting horror.&nbsp=; T=
here does not seem to be a clear US policy on imported plant material and=it=
also seems to me that it's a gamble to continue this exchange unchanged =nex=
t year.<BR>
<BR>
I live on the border of Canada...&nbsp; there is often reason to move pla=nt =
material across the US/CA bridge.&nbsp; If you take the time to get the p=rop=
er paperwork you may or may not have your plants confiscated ANYWAY.....&=nbs=
p; depending on the border guard, depending on the phase of the moon, dep=end=
ing on the status of the various union contracts - they choose to recogni=ze =
or not recognize the phytos.<BR>
<BR>
Anyway...&nbsp; perhaps we will have to have one internal exchange for th=e U=
S as someone suggested and the rest of you carry on happily.&nbsp; Sad, i=s i=
t not, that an innocent activity like a seed exchange should become so co=mpl=
icated.<BR>
<BR>
Kathy Guest Shadrack<BR>
East Aurora, NY</FONT></HTML>

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