In these months, we prepared and began implementing a plan to test any seeds before they were planted. Thankfully, after some thought, the Empire Council realised that we don't have to delay all crop plantings by the time necessary to grow a plant sample for testing.
In our warm climate, it was possible to plant a test sample in a garden right after harvest. By the time the fields were ploughed and ready for planting again, the test plant would already grow enough to know if it was dangerous.
Even in the regions that were too cold, test samples of plants could be grown in pots or greenhouses. With the advent of plastics, they could be made much more easily than using glass, as soon as there was enough plastic made.
But new chemical refineries and new oil wells were built every week.
