OSSI nurtures growing plants without patent barriers

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OSSI nurtures growing plants without patent barriers
Topic Started: May 4 2014, 02:28 PM (36 Views)
Dana	May 4 2014, 02:28 PM Post #1
WWS Hummingbird Guru & Wildlife photographer extrordinaire Posts: 13,054 Group: Member Member #830 Joined: March 23, 2011	Another way of doing things. The bottom lines say there is an online store for these seeds. I expect that this will grow in popularity and we will see the same in Canada. Quote: http://phys.org/news/2014-04-free-seed-ossi-nurtures-patent.html The group is concerned over restricting access to seeds through patents. They are stirring up public awareness over their mission to model a new crop system of seed-sharing in the spirit of open source software. On Thursday the OSSI group gathered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to give away a set of seeds that can be used by anyone. The seeds are unrestricted by patents or intellectual property barriers. They released 29 new varieties of crops under an "open source pledge" for farmers, gardeners and plant breeders. The new varieties involved broccoli, celery, kale, quinoa and other vegetables and grains released under their novel Pledge, to be printed on all OSSI seed packets. "It's almost like a haiku," said OSSI co-founder Irwin Goldman, professor and chair, department of horticulture, University of Wisconsin. "It basically says these seeds are free to use in any way you want. They can't be legally protected. Enjoy them."



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