A lot of folks are finding this page by searching for terms related to not eating foods grown from Monsanto seed. There’s 2 ways this is possible: grow your own everything or find a local farmer and get to know their seed buying practices. From the wheat in the bread to the cotton in your shirt, it’s a safe bet that Monsanto is everywhere in your kitchen and home.
Why it matters:
Center for Food Safety: Monsanto vs US Farmers Report
Government slashes pesticide reporting laws
For more information, just Google Monsanto. Even search their own website – their own pledges about creating a healthy sustainable planet go against everything they manufacture and do. You can’t make Round Up then turn around and say you’re trying to save the enviroment.
Who to avoid:
Seed companies to avoid (link to mothering.com forum discussion) Updated Feb 12, 2009
Audubon Workshop
Breck’s Bulbs
Burpee
Cook’s Garden
Dege Garden Center
Earl May Seed
E & R Seed Co
Flower of the Month Club
Ferry Morse – they are a french company that sells GMO seeds. They are big enough here I wanted to add them.
Gardens Alive
Germania Seed Co
Garden Trends
HPS
Johnny’s Seeds
Jungs
Lindenberg Seeds
McClure and Zimmerman Quality Bulb Brokers
Mountain Valley Seed
Nichol’s
Osborne
Park Seed
Park Bulbs
Park’s Countryside Garden
R.H. Shumway
Rocky Mountain Seed Co
Roots and Rhizomes
Rupp
Seeds for the World
Seymour’s Selected Seeds
Snow
Stokes
Spring Hill Nurseries
Totally Tomato
T&T Seeds
Tomato Growers Supply
Vermont Bean Seed Co.
The Vermont Bean Seed Company
Wayside Gardens
Willhite Seed Co.Also avoid any company who gets their seeds from companies listed on these pages:
http://us.seminis.com/products/dealer.asp?territory=119 (Western US)
http://us.seminis.com/products/dealer.asp?territory=118 (Eastern US)
http://us.seminis.com/products/dealer.asp?territory=117 (Canada)
These are distributors of Monsanto/Seminis seeds
Who sells “Safe Seed” (as of Jan 25, 2010)
Seed companies safe from monsanto seed (link to mothering.com forum discussion) Updated Jan 8, 2010
Abundant Life Seeds
Amishland Seeds
Annapolis Valley Heritage Seed Company canada
Baker Creek Seed Co.
Berlin Seeds – they don’t have a website. At least I didn’t find one.
Botanical Interests
Bountiful Gardens
Diane’s Flower Seeds (she has veggies now, too)
Fedco Seed Co. – phasing out seminis seeds.
Garden City Seeds
Heirloom Acres Seeds -I’ve heard from several people their seed germination is poor and so is their customer service.
Heirlooms Evermore Seeds
Heirloom Seeds
High Mowing Seeds
Horizon Herbs
Irish-Eyes
Kitchen Garden Seeds
Lake Valley Seeds
Livingston Seeds
Local Harvest
Mountain Rose Herbs
Natural Gardening Company
New Hope Seed Company
Organica Seed
Peaceful Valley Farm Supply
Pinetree
Renee’s Garden
Richters Herbs
Sand Hill Preservation Center
Seed Saver’s Exchange
Seeds of Change
Southern Exposure
Sustainable Seed Co (added on request of the company, see their Seed Pledge page)
Territorial Seed Company
Tiny Seeds
Tomato Fest – seed germination from this company is poor
Underwood Garden Seeds
Uprising Seeds
Victory Seeds
Wildseed Farms
Wood Prairie Farm
Companies that have signed the Council for Responsible Genetic’s Safe Seed Pledge
Salem, OR
Please add us to the good guys list! We sell only heirloom open pollinated seed. No hybrids, GMOs or seed from Seminis! Thanks!
Is anyone familiar with a place called “Gourmet Grown”? I bought some mint from them a couple weeks ago & I was unsure if they are Monsanto-linked.
Great blog entry!! What an amazing resource and it must have been so much work. I just tweeted about this and will try and put something on my blog sometime soon. I hope that the word gets out and we really do something about Monsanto and Roundup!!
Before I begin I should mention that I’ve done some freelance work for Renee’s Garden. I like the company, the charitable causes it supports and the owner on a personal level.
With that said…
As a garden blogger that blogs a lot about saving seeds and a gardener who grows a lot of plants from seeds, these lists of seed companies to avoid are interesting.
I get that Monsanto poses a lot of threats to our food supply, but is not being associated with Monsanto enough? For example, there is one company on the “safe” list of seed companies that is owned by a large food company doing something that may be scary to people who don’t like the idea of nanotechnology and our food supply intermingling.
Should we still buy from that company just because they don’t get seeds from Monsanto, and overlook the technology being pioneered by the parent company?
I honestly don’t have a solid answer, but that’s something I’ve been wrestling with as I plan on my seed purchases this year.
btw, this domain name is high-larry-us!
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