Your Questions About Gardening

Australians? Question about your natural heath products?

I know this is sorta the wrong category. But I would like an Aussie’s opinion. I am asking this because I have heard this has already been passed in places like Germany and Australia.

Recently Canada has tried to pass a bill making Canada’s natural herbs & minerals only available by prescription. They are being payed off and pushed by big Pharma and its wrong.

“75% of natural health products will be
unable to obtain license for sale, therefore rendering them illegal
& discontinued”

“WITHOUT a warrant, government inspectors will be able to (all just for growing or having your own herbs, vitamins, or minerals):
– enter your private property
– take your natural products (garlic and blueberries?) and seize your bank account
– levy ‘Draconian’ fines up to 5,000,000 and/or seek 2 years in jail”

Pretty much you need a prescription for Vitamin C, Iron, Potassium, St. Johns Wort etc.

It is greedy and it makes me sick!

If you want to be able to SELL these you must purchase a license, which is costly to small business owners and apparently is hard to get.

So, if you Aussies are living by this law, what do you think? How much do you pay for a bottle of vitamins? Its about 10$ Canadian here for a bottle of iron.

Can Anyone recommend a great comprehensive book on Herbal remedies?

A book that goes into great detail on how to grow and harvest your own herbs. Also that gives reciepes and dosage info.

Thank you.

Do you grow or hunt your own food?

I have a garden on my deck, full of herbs and vegetable plants like peppers and snap peas. And sometimes I go fishing with my uncle, never catch a lot.