Seed Saving is the practice of
saving seed from the garden to plant for the following years. It is
a form of propagation of the plants that are tried and true to your
area and has been practiced by farmers through out history. While
all plants can be propagated, not all plants are grown from seed.
We have been taught to take the
future for granted, to know that there would always be more of
everything available, including seed. The current state of the
worlds economy has brought change to many things including
changes in our diet, spending habits and way of life.
Seed saving is
one answer to the crisis surrounding the cost of food, the quality
of commercial produce and the diseases it can cause and the exposure
to toxins that are used to produce such food.
With the current level of manipulation of our
food supply by commercial growers, with government approval no less,
most seeds you receive on the commercial market are hybrid,
genetically or chemically altered or treated.
Seed Savers know the value of
good seed, in that it is true to form without genetic alterations. A
traditional, heirloom seed, will always produce the same plant year
after year, unless naturally cross pollinated by another of the same
species which is perfectly acceptable in the home garden.
