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Title: Variety of Seeds Disappearing?
Post by: admin on August 26, 2011, 11:17:48 AM

One of the 'unintended consequences' of large-scale farming is that the varieties of each food is becoming smaller.  This is one more reason to 'grow your own' in your own backyard!

from http://northtexasvegetablegardeners.com/blog/2011/08/08/food-variety-extinction-graphic/

(http://northtexasvegetablegardeners.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/food-variety-tree-754.gif)

 

Title: Re: Variety of Seeds Disappearing?
Post by: Gale on August 31, 2011, 05:28:10 PM

Wow!  What an eye-opener!

Title: Re: Variety of Seeds Disappearing?
Post by: 007clint on November 20, 2011, 01:56:32 PM

It is a little "spendy" but check out www.emergencyseedbank.com!

23 non-hybrid varieties and 37,000 seeds packed in resealable foil packets in a sealed "tackle box".  It comes with a 35 page "growing guide" for the vegetables and a 24 page "seed saving guide".

I am also worried about the disappearing vegetable varieties ESPECIALLY non-hybrid types that you can continue with year after year by harvesting seeds.

I am going to experiment a little with seed harvesting in my next Spring garden.