Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010
From: K M <an.esse...@yahoo.com>
To: FLX Permaculture Network <fingerlakespermaculture@lists.mutualaid.org>
Subject: Free Seeds Available at CCE-Tompkins!
Are these organic or genetically engineered?
These are not mutually exclusive categories; you can have seeds that
are not organic and also not genetically engineered - see the bulk of
the Fedco seed catalog, (http://www.fedcoseeds.com/) for example.
Organic seed is by definition non-GMO. There may be some organic
seeds in our seed cabinet, I don't know for sure. However,
generally, most home garden seed companies do not sell GMO seeds, and
most GMO seeds are used in commercial farming (field crops like corn
& soybeans) not home gardening, according to CCE-Tompkins' Ag
Extension Educator, Monika Roth. You are certainly welcome to come
down to Cooperative Extension and check the packets in our seed
cabinet for varieties that interest you, and to do additional
research on their suppliers to determine whether you feel these
varieties are sufficiently free of GMO materials.
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