{"id":3051,"date":"2019-11-14T00:09:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T08:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-680\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T14:24:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T21:24:08","slug":"sourcing-non-gmo-seeds","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/sourcing-non-gmo-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"sourcing non-GMO seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I read an article recently that said some of my favorite seed companies are now owned by Monsanto. I don&#8217;t want to use genetically modified seeds in my home garden, so I&#8217;d like to know where I can find more information on the sources seed companies use for the seed I am buying.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You may be referring to the January 2009 issue of the PCC Newsletter regarding Monsanto purchasing many of your favorite garden and farm seed catalogs. Territorial Seeds, Johnny&#8217;s Seeds, Park Seed, Burpee, Cook&#8217;s Garden, Spring Hill Nurseries, Flower of the Month Club, and Audubon Workshop are not owned by Monsanto or Seminis. PCC subsequently posted a retraction.<\/p>\n<p>The folks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seedalliance.org\/\">Organic Seed Alliance<\/a> are a great resource on this issue. Here is what they suggest:<br \/>\n&#8220;For gardeners interested in buying non-GMO seeds, the best bet is to purchase seeds from seed companies who sell only organic seeds and who have signed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highmowingseeds.com\/safe-seed-pledge\">Safe Seed Pledge<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For further reading on the subject, see this February 2005 article (now archived) by Matthew Dillon from the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200217103358\/http:\/\/www.newfarm.org\/features\/2005\/0205\/seminisbuy\/index.shtml\">Rodale Institute<\/a> on Monsanto&#8217;s purchase of Seminis. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enn.com\/articles\/38247-gm-watch--michael-pollan-and-monsanto-ceo-at-google-on-youtube\">Environmental News Network<\/a> also has information about a September 2008 discussion forum with writer Michael Pollan and Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I read an article recently that said some of my favorite seed companies are now owned by Monsanto. I don&#8217;t want to use genetically modified seeds in my home garden, so I&#8217;d like to know where I can find more information on the sources seed companies use for the seed I am buying. &nbsp; You may be referring to the January 2009 issue of the PCC Newsletter regarding Monsanto purchasing many of your favorite garden and farm seed catalogs. Territorial&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/sourcing-non-gmo-seeds\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">sourcing non-GMO seeds<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[699,53,57],"class_list":["post-3051","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-genetically-modified-seeds","keyword-organic-gardening","keyword-seeds"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/3051"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=3051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}