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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jun 26, 2011 20:53:01 GMT -5
I'm looking for additional sources of primarily landrace seed.
I am already familiar with:
Homegrown Goodness The Long Island Seed Project Native Seeds Search New World Seeds and Tubers
Can you recommend any other sources?
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Post by raymondo on Jun 27, 2011 2:42:28 GMT -5
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Post by 12540dumont on Jun 28, 2011 17:32:24 GMT -5
Joseph, I use singer.cgiar.org/ You can register. or you can just search through the available seed selections. Under Sample Status you can select landrace. This will help you find the seeds that you are looking for. Be aware that this is a tedious way to go about looking for seeds. I spent 4 hours here just on onions. I don't even want to talk about rice. Also, it's not free to get seed. Most countries ask that you pay for the postage. For some of these, you may have to get an Aphis permit to import small lots of seed. This is free, just damn time consuming theseedsite.co.uk/aphis.html This site offers a pretty lucid explanation of the hoops that must be jumped through. However the links are broken, so here's the link: www.aphis.usda.gov/permits/index.shtmlBrother, I wish you lots of luck. Let me know how it goes. I am focusing on alliums, phaseolus...of course, and upland rice. I'm collecting barley seed now as well. What I'd really really like is true garlic seed. I'll do a post on that soon. Using the singer site to find landraces, you can then go to the USDA site and see what you can find there. Or google individual seed names. I've had some good luck and some lucky finds and just plain good help from good people.
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 5, 2011 9:19:53 GMT -5
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Post by castanea on Jul 5, 2011 21:30:12 GMT -5
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 5, 2011 23:44:33 GMT -5
I love it that about the only seed in the world commonly advertized and sold as "landrace" is for a crop that the commercial seed companies cannot sell.
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Post by castanea on Jul 8, 2011 20:54:49 GMT -5
I love it that about the only seed in the world commonly advertized and sold as "landrace" is for a crop that the commercial seed companies cannot sell. I keep getting impressed by the amount of time energy and other resources people put into growing that one illegal crop.
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Post by spacecase0 on Jul 8, 2011 21:17:00 GMT -5
I agree, it is amazing how much energy they spend at it
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Post by mnjrutherford on Jul 9, 2011 9:58:58 GMT -5
;D
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Post by garnetmoth on Jul 10, 2011 19:21:33 GMT -5
Hey Joseph, possibly Sourcepoint Organic Seeds 26422 Moss Road Hotchkiss, CO 86419 970-872-4941 (Office) The owner of this company is also in SSE Yearbook. has sesames in dark/light landrace, and I think a few other crops.
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Jul 19, 2011 12:38:20 GMT -5
Check this list out. Not sure if it lists any places that carry landrace seeds specifically, but it looks like a nice list of places that promote biodiversity. agro.biodiver.se/seed-exchanges/
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Post by scottyboy on Jul 24, 2011 19:36:59 GMT -5
I love it that about the only seed in the world commonly advertized and sold as "landrace" is for a crop that the commercial seed companies cannot sell. I keep getting impressed by the amount of time energy and other resources people put into growing that one illegal crop. as do I. imagine if all of those indoor farmers grew food with the same love and intensity, they would soon find their grocery bills lowered.
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Aug 7, 2011 22:44:52 GMT -5
Joseph, i found this today while searching for places that might sell arid-adapted varieties and seeds. organicseedcoop.com/meet-our-farmers/map-of-family-farms/joshua-cravensArid Crops Seed Cache It sounds very interesting. If anyone is able to contact him, let me know. I'm also very interested in seeds that are adapted to arid conditions. When we think of desert landscapes we often only think about the the dirt and land, but it's the air thats dry. If plants aren't adapted to this extreme form of evaporation they often die easily.
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Post by fliver on Jun 13, 2012 22:40:22 GMT -5
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Post by ilex on Aug 8, 2012 4:34:39 GMT -5
Wild Garden Seed has a couple very interesting ones, like a chicory landrace.
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