EP: 425 Seed Freedom & Resilience Why Open Pollinated Is More Important than Ever Siskiyou Seeds

Pioneering Today

Melissa K Norris

Cookingfromscratch, Oldfashionedliving, Selfsufficiency, Home & Garden, Gardening, Heirloomseeds, Homesteading, Growyourownfood, Education, Survival, Pioneeringtoday, Leisure, How To

4.9 • 931 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Join me and my guest, Don Tipping from Siskiyou Seeds as we discuss the history of seeds and seed saving and how it’s changed over the past 100 years. Our conversation takes a deep dive into how seed companies source their seed (this may surprise you!) and how to know you’re getting quality seeds with the exact characteristics you want. For more information and any links mentioned in this episode, visit https://melissaknorris.com/425.

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1:31.1	Hey pioneers welcome to episode number 426. I am very excited for today's
1:38.9	episode where we are going to be talking. We're going back to the subject again of heirloom and open pollinated seeds. But we're diving into actually
1:50.1	the history of seeds in the United States going back into the 1800s and how different things
1:57.8	then have shaped and created our current seed system.
2:03.0	Very interesting things that you probably did not know
2:07.0	about our current seed system,
2:09.0	especially where we're looking at larger seed companies and the majority of those big seed companies
2:17.2	are purchasing their seeds from one place and why that poses a problem.
2:23.6	In fact, I was surprised to learn some of the things
2:27.5	that today's guest shared.
2:29.2	And I feel like I've got a pretty good handle or knowledge base when it comes to our current seed system and the way that things are done, but I think that it's going to be eye-opening for you. It certainly was for me, but also gives us very concrete
2:45.8	things that we can look for and that we can do if we would like to avoid some of those situations
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