From Sourcing and Saving Seeds by the Vegan Agriculture Network In the last century, we’ve lost over 90% of the varieties of our food-producing seeds, and it will take collective initiative to preserve the varieties that remain. Our rich genetic food heritage was developed and safeguarded over centuries by gardeners and farmers. More recently, certain trends have resulted in significant losses of seed varieties. Firstly, fewer gardeners and farmers save their seeds, relying instead on seed producers who don’t have the capacity to safeguard the vast multitude of varieties that exist. Secondly, commercial seed production has moved away from heirloom varieties, toward hybrids and GMO’s which don’t offer a reasonable possibility of seed saving. And lastly, in recent decades there has been a massive buy-out of seed companies by multinational corporations that are driven by a profit motive. Over half of the seed supply in the world is now controlled by multinational corporations like Monsanto and Dupont, who offer increasingly limited selections of heirloom seeds.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 10:42:03 +0000
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