[Market-farming] Gurney's Cold Set Open Pollinated Tomato

Pat Meadows pat at meadows.pair.com
Wed Apr 2 11:14:11 EDT 2008


On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 17:05:07 -0400, you wrote:

>Not all soy is GMO; though it may take some looking to find non-GMO 
>seed.

I buy soybeans (for the purpose of making soymilk and tofu) which are
non-GMO.  I buy them from Fairview Farms. 

http://www.fairviewfarms.com/laura%20beans.htm

I'd prefer to buy them locally, but so far as I know, there is no one in
our (basically non-farming) area growing and selling soybeans, so at least
I'm buying them from the grower, and they are non-GMO.  (The few farms that
are left here are dairy farms; it's really too hilly for much growing of
crops.)

They may be cheaper than soybeans sold for seed, I don't know.  

>
>(I just looked up Gurney's on Garden Web and they've got very mixed 
>ratings. I've never ordered from them myself, so can't give an 
>opinion.)

You can also look them up on The Garden Watchdog:  
http://davesgarden.com/products/gwd/
and (specifically) http://davesgarden.com/products/gwd/c/184/ .  Note that
they have 159 positives but 161 negatives!

They are part of a group consisting of several other seed companies and
GardensAlive.com.  I buy and like several products from GardensAlive.  But
I will NEVER again buy from Gurney's or any of their sister seed companies;
once bitten, twice shy.  

I ordered blueberry bushes from one of them (can't remember if it was
Gurney's or one of the others) and never received either the bushes or a
refund.  I eventually gave up on it.

Pat
-- Northern Pennsylvania
http://www.entire-of-itself.blogspot.com/
'Every one of us can do something to protect and care for our planet.
We should live in such a way that makes a future possible.'
 - Thich Nhat Hanh


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