permaculture

[tanya <tanyagarden@gmail.com>]

Hybrid seed requires more labor to produce, so I'd guess they might be
cheaper to produce in China.
But I don't know any details of who produces what where.

On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 1:35 PM, venaurafarm <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>wrote:

> On 12/21/2012 1:12 PM, Jason Gerhardt wrote:
> > I can't really stand to see Johnny's on this list when 70% of their seed
> is
> > grown in China.
>
> I have never heard this before. I had heard that the employees bought
> the company and now run it. Where did you get this information, Jason?
>
> Why on Earth can't we grow all the seeds we need right here in the USA
> and supply companies like Johnny's and hundreds of others selling to
> market farmers and gardeners with all they need.
>
> Answer: Do our own. Start our own seed production industry and supply
> vendors who only buy from us or US producers and are non gmo and also
> naturally grown if possible, chemical fertilizer otherwise but no
> category of pesticides used.
>
> I have always said that we need our own alternative economy and our own
> alternative farming an gardening network, and....our own network of bona
> fide, accredited, cerfified practitioners, teachers, PDC offerings,
> workshops, seminars and conferences.
>
> I also suggested a computer/Web-based network to help make this possible:
> PSPMDN
> Production and Services Production, Marketing and Distribution Network,
> local to national to international. This would be made up of the
> smallest local entities, i.e. homestead, hamlet, village, town, city,
> county, region, state, national region, nation, international.
>
> > I would add these companies to the tip top of the list:
> > Wild Garden Seed
> > Siskiyou Seeds
> > Uprising Seeds
> >
>
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