Good News In Russia For The Pavlovsk Station

About two years ago the Pavlovsk Experiment Station of the Vavilov Research Institute was in grave danger of being plowed under by a housing development. The Station's acreage holds valuable varieties of berries and fruits and the Station is important to the maintenance of genetic diversity. I try and follow up on these sorts of things, especially if I encourage people to sign a petition like the Drummondville, Quebec petition a couple of days ago.

I ran across this today:


14.05.2011 Санкт-Петербург


AN ORDER OF THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT 
April 17, 2012 The Russian government issued an order № 521-р sanctioning a conveyance of land plots           with a total area of 195079m2 714286m2 (Pavlovsk town) for use by the Pavlovsk Experiment station of        VIR to conserve collections of plant genetic resources under conditions precluding their inappropriate use, including housing construction. However, the Federal Property Management Agency and Ministry of Agriculture of Russia should ensure control that these areas are being used for conservation of plant genetic resources. In addition St.-Petersburg Government is recommended to make amendments to relevant regulations assigning these lands to areas for the purpose of agriculture.


 Here is a Vavilov site.

Going Backwards

A couple in Quebec have completely converted their entire front yard to a gorgeous, well planned and maintained vegetable garden. The municipality, Drummondville, limits the area that can be dedicated to veggies in a front yard to 30%, so the municipality is going after them. As I read the article I see that Drummondville is going to limit it soon to ZERO percent in the front.

Nothing like going backwards. :(

The Garden

The Article

Give it the good fight Michel Beauchamp and Josée Landry!