by Watchman » 15 Jul 2023 10:39
I maintain that buying seeds is truly the best kind of shopping—seeds are relatively affordable and are literally bursting with potential. Quite frankly, I think seeds are a miracle; you get a small envelope of little hard things, you sink them in soil and nurture them, and before you know it, you get beautiful free food. Seeds are the antidote to a broken food system and the epidemic of being disconnected from what we eat.
Yet the seeds of the world are suffering a crisis, thanks to Big Agriculture and its power grab for the planet's seeds. Meanwhile, too many modern seeds are designed to produce produce that is great for shipping and storage but not so great for actual eating. Modern supermarket tomato, I'm looking at you. [b][size=150][url=https://www.treehugger.com/heirloom-seeds-dazzling-vegetables-7559887]READ FULL ARTICLE HERE[/url][/size][/b]
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