Select seeds from plants that are healthy, vigorous, and show desirable traits like drought resistance or high yield. Choose ...

The focus should be shifted from industrial seed production to indigenous open-pollinated seed varieties. Private companies ...

Instead of growing hybrids, try growing seeds that are labeled as open-pollinated or heirloom. Open-pollinated plants produce more reliable seeds, even if they cross-pollinate with neighboring plants.

Leah Fronk, Penn State Extension, Horticulture Educator It won’t be long before the postal carrier will deliver seed catalogs ...

On-farm seed production of open-pollinated crops was standard practice throughout most of our agricultural history. Factors such as the advent of hybrid varieties, intellectual property ...

Lots of plants rely on insects like bees to reproduce. To make a seed, a flower needs to be pollinated. This means that pollen from one flower needs to travel to another. Bees are very important ...