Though it doesn't surprise me, I wasn't aware of this. All part of the agenda - an attack on the food chain.

......................................

''With exotic names such as Colonel Murphy's and the Black Valentine, they were once common sights in the vegetable plots of Britain.

Now around 98 per cent of our traditional greens have been wiped out, a study claims.

Red tape and modern farming methods have meant that virtually all the vegetables we now eat come from just 20 species of plant.

And the few remaining varieties from the Edwardian and Victorian eras face extinction because of European rules which only allow companies to sell seeds on an "official" list. ......

Because it costs thousands of pounds to get a species approved by Brussels, many big growers no longer bother producing unusual seeds.''

more here:-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=500452&in_page_id=1770