<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Another big horticultural seed company bought by Monsanto]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Solar John http://www.grist.org/article/who-owns-your-tomato/ Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:34:13 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/who-owns-your-tomato/1 Frankencrops

It's time to start saving tomato seeds from your own open-pollenated crop if you don't already do so.  I suspect that eventually you won't be able to buy tomato seeds except for Monsanto's genetically-altered ones. It's likely that these shiny, perfect, disease-resistant, tomatoes will have lost their ability to fight cancer, and a single fungus or disease might wipe out an entire crop in any given year.  

Solar John

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It's time to start saving tomato seeds from your own open-pollenated crop if you don't already do so.  I suspect that eventually you won't be able to buy tomato seeds except for Monsanto's genetically-altered ones. It's likely that these shiny, perfect, disease-resistant, tomatoes will have lost their ability to fight cancer, and a single fungus or disease might wipe out an entire crop in any given year.  

Solar John

]]> Comment #2 by jmkaay http://www.grist.org/article/who-owns-your-tomato/ Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:47:37 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/who-owns-your-tomato/2 seed source

If you are looking for a good non - Seminis/Monsanto seed source, I'd like to recommend Fedco Seeds.
They have hundreds of organic and conventional seeds, package costs starting under $1.00, and commercial size sales as well. Good people to deal with too in my experience.

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If you are looking for a good non - Seminis/Monsanto seed source, I'd like to recommend Fedco Seeds.
They have hundreds of organic and conventional seeds, package costs starting under $1.00, and commercial size sales as well. Good people to deal with too in my experience.

]]> Comment #3 by Sam Wells http://www.grist.org/article/who-owns-your-tomato/ Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:22:25 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/who-owns-your-tomato/3 save the tomato!

Tomatoes are the top crop for recreational gardeners in the US. No other plant comes close. I'd sure hate to see the market taken over by just a few companies selling mono-culture hybrids.

Know how I get my seeds?  Go down to the local farmer's market and buy some organic tomatoes. Try the heirloom goldens and rare Italians - if you really like a few for color or taste, save one or two for seeding. Simply scoop out the seeds with a small spoon onto an old newspaper, towel, etc.

Of course, you might need instead gratification, ini which case you'd try FedCo or one of the Internet seed sellers (some are very expensive).

OK NAME THAT MUSICIAN.

Who wrote "Homegrown Tomatoes"?  Sing along now...

Onward through the fog

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Tomatoes are the top crop for recreational gardeners in the US. No other plant comes close. I'd sure hate to see the market taken over by just a few companies selling mono-culture hybrids.

Know how I get my seeds?  Go down to the local farmer's market and buy some organic tomatoes. Try the heirloom goldens and rare Italians - if you really like a few for color or taste, save one or two for seeding. Simply scoop out the seeds with a small spoon onto an old newspaper, towel, etc.

Of course, you might need instead gratification, ini which case you'd try FedCo or one of the Internet seed sellers (some are very expensive).

OK NAME THAT MUSICIAN.

Who wrote "Homegrown Tomatoes"?  Sing along now...

Onward through the fog

]]> Comment #4 by RABIKER http://www.grist.org/article/who-owns-your-tomato/ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:05:22 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/who-owns-your-tomato/4 Tomatoes

I buy a beautiful tomato in the store and when I cut it open its like white styrofoam in the middle.
So, in the summer I grow my own and have nice tomatoes for about three months.
But, I live in upstate NY, and I don`t have a green/hot house to grow them in the rest of the year.
So, I buy cherry tomatoes when I absolutly must have a tomato on my sandwich and slice them up.
It seems they have not figured out a way to ruin a cherry tomato-----YET.



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I buy a beautiful tomato in the store and when I cut it open its like white styrofoam in the middle.
So, in the summer I grow my own and have nice tomatoes for about three months.
But, I live in upstate NY, and I don`t have a green/hot house to grow them in the rest of the year.
So, I buy cherry tomatoes when I absolutly must have a tomato on my sandwich and slice them up.
It seems they have not figured out a way to ruin a cherry tomato-----YET.



]]> Comment #5 by Jeremy Cherfas http://www.grist.org/article/who-owns-your-tomato/ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:23:30 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/who-owns-your-tomato/5 Just say no

As others have already noted, the big effect will be on commercial growers and the supermarkets who support them. Gardeners and people with access to a decent farmers' market will continue to be able to enjoy great tomatoes, at least for part of the year. The rest of the year, there's not much enjoyment anyway!

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As others have already noted, the big effect will be on commercial growers and the supermarkets who support them. Gardeners and people with access to a decent farmers' market will continue to be able to enjoy great tomatoes, at least for part of the year. The rest of the year, there's not much enjoyment anyway!

]]> Comment #6 by katrina55 http://www.grist.org/article/who-owns-your-tomato/ Fri, 09 May 2008 04:11:27 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/who-owns-your-tomato/6 Tomatoes

Please try Seedsavers also.  Seedsavers.com
They sell organic and heirloom varities.  It's a cooperative and everyone contributes.  At least order a catalog and have a look.  I've been a fan for years.  Monsanto is scary!

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Please try Seedsavers also.  Seedsavers.com
They sell organic and heirloom varities.  It's a cooperative and everyone contributes.  At least order a catalog and have a look.  I've been a fan for years.  Monsanto is scary!

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