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  • From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] HighMowing and Baker Creek
  • Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 19:51:00 -0400


On Sep 6, 2009, at 6:03 PM, Flying S Farms wrote:

<x-tad-smaller> We primarily use both of these companies for our seeds. Do not know their seed sources. Have met representative of HighMowing at trade shows and very pleased with discussions we've had with them. We've never had a bad experience with anything we've purchased and service has been great for us.</x-tad-smaller>

Baker Creek seems to have a good reputation. I have ordered from them a couple of times, but the varieties I ordered didn't do well here; however, my climate and probably soils are considerably different from theirs, so I think that's probably what the problem was. -- I believe that their catalogue says that they do not buy from Seminis / Monsanto. They carry a lot of unusual varieties that don't show up in the rest of my (considerable) seed catalogue pile.

I order from High Mowing every year; and have been generally pleased, except in 2007 when their service for some reason went entirely wonky. It was fine every year before that, and has been OK since then, so I think that whatever the problem was they have found it and fixed it. Most of their varieties have done well for me, though not all. They also have some varieties not found elsewhere; their selection is still limited, but is larger each year. All of their seed is certified organic, and they grow some of it themselves. Their catalogue states that they work with a network of seed farmers, some of whom they have trained to grow seed for them; and also do buy some from wholesale seed companies. I doubt that they buy from Monsanto; they are strong anti-GMO activists and also activists for local food systems; but you could ask them.


-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale



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