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by joanro on 11 August 2012 - 14:08
In case you don't already know, Monsanto has bought up most of the seed companies. They are big into GM seeds that cannot cross pollinate, so that you have to buy seeds for every crop....we have bought survival seed packs that are open pollinated so you can save seed from your crop. The survival seed packs are packed so they last five to ten years or longer. Monsanto is a dead end and who knows what else has been modified into their seeds, besides not open pollination. After they acquire the monopoly on seeds, then they can sell to a foreign country, such as China.....wouldn't that be grand!
by beetree on 11 August 2012 - 15:08
You might find this interesting, then.....http://www.beginningfarmers.org/seed-savers-exchange-the-new-real-story-including-intrigue-deception-the-doomsday-vault-excerpt-of-a-letter-from-its-founder/
by mtndawg on 11 August 2012 - 16:08
by joanro on 11 August 2012 - 16:08
Indoctrinate them while they're young...less resistance to reality of ulterior motives.
by Gigante on 11 August 2012 - 16:08
| we have bought survival seed packs that are open pollinated so you can save seed from your crop |
Judging from you description I have the same package. :) I have planted many and have had good production when not accousted by weather or my beggining farmer knowlegde. Ps for those that dont know, my big onions taste better then yours! There is drastic taste difference in the home grown. Thats not rumor.
by joanro on 11 August 2012 - 17:08
It's amazing how EVERYTHING, vegetable and meat, tastes better home grown. Pork,, beef, chicken... Makes you aware that commercially produced products are tasteless. Also, home grown is very satisfying and you don't need to eat nearly as much to feel full!
by beetree on 11 August 2012 - 17:08
Onions, big ones, must be Vidalia's. Of course if you live somewhere, say like, Nevada, they just won't taste the same, it has to do with the soil, too. All freshly picked homegrown vegetables taste better. 
The big problem Joanro, is the effect of the GMO drift, such as affected on a corn crop. Someone trying to grow "organic" corn in a field nearby a GMO crop can be genetically altered by the Monsanto franken-seeds because, who can control the wind?
The big problem Joanro, is the effect of the GMO drift, such as affected on a corn crop. Someone trying to grow "organic" corn in a field nearby a GMO crop can be genetically altered by the Monsanto franken-seeds because, who can control the wind?
by joanro on 11 August 2012 - 17:08
Bee, that is interesting read...I saw an article about the seed bank and patenting of indigenous seeds in Mother Earth or Grit some time ago.
by joanro on 11 August 2012 - 17:08
Bee, we posted at the same time:) but , yes that is the problem with GMO crops. They will soon cause "real" food to cease to exist. Luckily, we are in a valley and there are no commercial growers nearby. However, the neighbors with small garden are using who knows what kind of seeds..they are heavy users of Roundup and Miracle Grow so I'm pretty sure they don't concern themselves with franken' food :-/
by beetree on 11 August 2012 - 17:08
I know, that kills me about the neighbors all the time. I grow organic, don't use pesticides and have a lawn full of clover, timothy, alphalfa, dandelions, purslane, and a host of other plants that my chemlawn neighbors probably observe with horror. I see them all the time walking around with their poison paks spraying away the diversity. And then they have to send their kids over to my house to play outside, because they all have these little flags declaring their lawns are full of poison!
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