The urban garden movement is gaining strength in different countries of the world, with which more and more people are building a new food and environmental awareness: children, for example, begin to see that food is not just something that one goes and purchase, but rather that it is produced, comes from work and brings us its delicious properties.
However, the enthusiasm of the movement for urban gardens could be overshadowed by an all-too-familiar name: Monsanto.
Since at least 2005, the company responsible for promoting the use of genetically modified seeds gained control of 40% of the US vegetable seed market by acquiring the company Seminis, one of the leading seed producers.
The risk of buying Seminis brand seeds is the same as buying Monsanto GMO corn seeds: behind the brand is a company that dangerously threatens seed biodiversity — seeds we could be unknowingly planting in our own gardens. .
Some pertinent considerations when purchasing your local gardening and fruit and vegetable seeds are as follows:
1. Make sure your seed brand is not affiliated with Monsanto
If possible, try to buy your seeds in local markets. If you buy seeds at garden stores, avoid buying the following brands:
Beans: Aliconte, Brio, Bronco, Cadillac, Ebro, Etna, Eureka, Festina, Gina, Goldmine, Goldenchild, Labrador, Lynx, Magnum, Matador, Spartacus, Storm, Strike, Stringless Blue Lake 7, Tapia, Tema
Broccoli: Coronado Crown, Major, Packman
Lettuce: Atlantis, Golden Acre, Headstart, Platinum Dynasty, Red Dynasty
Carrot: Bilbo, Envy, Forto, Juliana, Karina, Koroda PS, Royal Chantenay, Sweetness III
Cauliflower: Cheddar, Minuteman
Cucumber: Babylon, Cool Breeze Imp., Dasher II, Emporator, Eureka, Fanfare HG, Marketmore 76, Mathilde, Moctezuma, Orient Express II, Peal, Poinsett 76, Salad Bush, Sweet Slice, Sweet Success PS, Talladega
Eggplant: Black Beauty, Fairytale, Gretel, Hansel, Lavender Touch, Twinkle, White Lightening
Chili: Anaheim TMR 23, Ancho Saint Martin, Big Bomb, Big Chile brand of Sahuaro, Caribbean Red, Cayenne Large Red Thick, Chichen Itza, Chichimeca, Corcel, Garden Salsa SG, Habanero, Holy Mole brand of Salvatierro, Hungarian Yellow Wax Hot, Ixtapa X3R, Lapid, Mariachi brand of Rio de Oro, Mesilla, Milta, Mucho Nacho brand of Grande, Nainari, Serrano del Sol brand of Tuxtlas, Super Chile, Tam Vera Cruz
Cantaloupe: Early Dew, Sante Fe, Saturn
Onion: Candy, Cannonball, Century, Red Zeppelin, Savannah Sweet, Sierra Blanca, Sterling, Vision
Pumpkin: Applachian, Harvest Moon, Jamboree HG, Orange Smoothie, Phantom, Prize Winner, Rumbo, Snackface, Spirit, Spooktacular, Trickster
Spinach: hellcat
zucchini: Ambassador, Canesi, Clarita, Commander, Dixie, Early Butternut, Gold Rush, Gray Zucchini, Greyzini, Lolita, Papaya Pear, Peter Pan, Portofino, President, Richgreen Hybrid Zucchini, Storr’s Green, Sungreen, Sunny Delight, Taybelle PM
Sweet corn: Devotion, Fantasy, Merit, Obession, Passion, Temptation
Pepper: Baron, Bell Boy, Big Bertha PS, Biscayne, Blushing Beauty, Bounty, California Wonder 300, Camelot, Capistrano, Cherry Pick, Chocolate Beauty, Corno Verde, Cubanelle W, Dumpling brand of Pritavit, Early Sunsation, Flexum, Fooled You brand of Sweet, Giant Marconi, Gypsy, Jumper, Key West, King Arthur, North Star, Orange Blaze, Elite Pepper, Red Knight, Satsuma, Socrates, Super Heavyweight, Sweet Spot
Tomatoes: Amsterdam, Beefmaster, Betterboy, Big Beef, Burpee’s Big Boy, Caramba, Celebrity, Cupid, Early Girl, Granny Smith, Health Kick, Husky Cherry Red, Jetsetter brand of Jack, Lemon Boy, Margharita, Margo, Marmande VF PS, Marmara, Patio, Phoenix, Poseidon 43, Roma VF, Royesta, Sun Sugar, Super Marzano, Sweet Baby Girl, Tiffany, Tye-Dye, Viva Italia, Yaqui
Watermelon: Apollo, Charleston Grey, Crimson Glory, Crimson Sweet, Eureka, Jade Star, Mickylee, Olympia
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