A World Food Crisis is it coming? The Importance of Non-Hybrid Seeds

Non-Hybrid

Open-Pollinated

seeds allow the gardener tocollect seeds from a crop for future planting.

Let’s face it. If the stories coming out on the world’s food supply areeven half right, we’ve got real problems and they aren’t going to goaway quickly. Here are a couple resent stories:

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WorldNet Daily cites strong evidence that some governmentagencies are stockpiling huge amounts of canned food.

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Jim Randas, former U.S. Intelligence officer, appeared onABC telling Americans to start stockpiling food.

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Grocery store prices are rising faster than any time in U.S.history.

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Worldwide grain stocks are dropping precipitously as bio-fuels consume inventories… and on and on and on.You can grow all the survival food you will ever need anywherein the country with a kit that contains a special seed bank of hard to find, open pollinated… super seeds, grown by small,fiercely independent farmers, whether in small planters on awindow ledge or larger gardens in the country side.

Nutritional Integrity

Many vegetables today lack nutrition from over-hybridization.Recent tests are showing that many of the vegetables, grains andother produce you buy, INCLUDING ORGANIC PRODUCE, arenutrient-deficient. If you want to truly be in charge of your nutritional intake, you must home garden. If you want the higher nutrition of original varieties you must use non-hybrids.

Economic security and independence

Growing your own food, now, is becoming an economic necessityfor many. Even those in cities are growing food on their balconiesand rooftops and in suburban backyards. 2009 will likely becomeknown as the year America returns to home gardening (see VictoryGardens of WWII) as a way of defending against the hostileadversary of an economic downturn!

Security of Food Supply

Securing the nation’s food supply against the “invasion” of GM(genetically modified) and over-hybridization of foods is comingdown to the backyard garden. Yours and ours.

World Food Supply

Put simply, the future of the world's food supply rests in non-hybridseeds. The push toward hybridization and GM foods is becomingirreversible. Hybrid food sources are patented and "owned" by thepatent-holders. It is, in fact, a form of patent-infringement toattempt to collect and plant seeds from many hybrid varieties.

Cross-Pollination

With the advancement of genetically modified plant varieties, thedanger of cross-pollination with organic and non-hybrid varietiesis not only possible, it is happening as you read this. If it ispossible for GM vegetables, grains and legumes to cross-pollinate with organic and non-hybrid varieties, then it’s possible

for the food system to be altered uncontrollably and irreversibly.

Non-Hybrid Seed

are the sustainable gardening choice of home, homestead and professional gardeners throughout NorthAmerica. Whether you are in the city, suburbs or country.

Long-Term Storage of Seeds

The long-term storage of non-hybrid and organic seed varieties isnot only a logical alternative to keeping the food chain free fromcontrol, it is becoming a geo-strategic imperative for counter-balancing the move toward globalization of the world's food supply.

Long Term Storage Processing and Packaging

Preparing and packaging seeds for long-term storage is a vital stepto ensuring the healthiest seeds with high germination rates for themost successful yields over time. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has developed methods for long term seed storage attheir National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation in FortCollins Colorado.When you buy non-hybrid seeds make sure seed sets areprocessed and packaged in strict compliance with the USDAstandards and practices for long term storage of seeds.Make sure you read the variety lists for each seed set to ensurethat you are purchasing seeds that are suitable to your climate.