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What are the best suppliers of non-hybrid heirloom vegetable garden seeds? I'm wanting to order for a two acre organic garden that might include: Green Beans Broccoli Carrots Mustard Greens Peas Radishes Squash Turnips Wheat Beats Cabbage Kale Leaf Lettuce Oats Pepper Swiss Chard Roma Tomato Zucchini What's your favorite supplier?

What is the difference between Heirloom and Hybrid seeds? When I buy seeds for my veggie garden I often buy heirloom or hybrid seeds. What is the difference? Are heirloom seeds normally organic? Can you collect seeds for next years season with either of these?

Where to buy organic heirloom seeds? I am starting my first veg. garden and would like organic heirloom seeds. Where should I buy them?

What companies sell naturally regenerating or heirloom seeds (seed savers exchange)? I am starting a garden, and am tired of paying for new dead-end seeds each year. Seed saers exchange is the best place, but they only sell veggies. this year I am starting a vineyard, orchard, and growing lots of different berry bushes. stark bros. isnt one is it? is the cook's garden one? but where can I find that? thanks alot.

Where is your favorite place to buy heirloom seeds? I'm thinking of introducing some into my garden this year, and wanted to know the best place to buy them. What do you guys think? Also, is it worth it?

Where can I purchase "Heirloom Vegetable Seeds" in the Philippines? For example---Heirloom Tomato, Watermelon, Cabbage, Lettuce, Bell Peppers etc.... for my garden.

Where can I buy genetically modified seeds for my garden? Hello! I'd like to buy some plants that are genetically modified. I'd prefer crazy super-man level of modification, the kind of plant that shocks you and makes you wonder if it's going to eat you in the middle of the night. I don't mean heirloom varieties, I don't mean varieties produced through rigorous selection, I mean the stuff they make in labs out of pig and elephant DNA being mixed into a cross between kudzu and apple trees.

Can I plant a whole heirloom tomato in the ground in order to garden such a plant? I have a few heirloom tomatoes that I picked up from the local farmers market and I was interesting in growing my own tomato plant from these specimens. What is the best way to do so? Should I extract the seeds and if so, then what and how? Or is it possible to put the whole tomato in the ground and grow it from that? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

When do I plant tomato seeds in Zone 5? I have never grown tomatoes from seed and want to try this year. The seeds I will be planting are heirloom seeds of several varieties. I'm a novice gardener, I planted a veggie garden last year but started from plants so it was a little different. Do I need to start the seeds inside, or can I wait and start them outside? Either way, when is the best time for me to start the seeds?

Can seeds germinate at room temperature? I am planting some vegetables for the garden from seed. Can they germinate at room temperature? Some of the seeds are from the Cucurbitaceae family, and some are a variety of heirloom tomatoes, an some are hot peppers. How will the germination rates be affected by planting them at room temperature? I have an incubator that can keep them at about 80 degrees F, but it is not big enough to hold all of the planted seeds! THANKS!

where can i get organic heirloom seeds? I am planning on starting a garden this summer and am looking for non genetically modified seeds that have been grown organically for many plant generations that will go back to seed at the end of the year so i can replant them the next year (I hope that makes sense this is my first year getting into gardening) so what are some good websites or stores (near my area if its a store) where I can purchase seeds I need tomatoes, bell peppers, carrots, lettuce and cucumbers brown rice, corn, beans, potato, quinoa, and oats thanks in advance aditional information I am a first year gardener I live in Michigan just across the bridge into the upper peninsula i have 1 acre open i can use for farming previous owners had a garden so i believe it is fine for growing

Will my heirloom tomatoes get cross-pollinated if I plant them close together in my garden? I bought some seeds online, and I grow nice, unique beauties I really enjoy. Will the seeds I get from my fruit still maintain the genetic integrity of the seeds I originally bought online? Or if they are cross-pollinated, will I see the result immediately growing in the first generation? --- will the flowers that got cross-pollinated produce an F1 generation immediately? Will these seeds usable?

GMO vegtable garden seed? I am starting a larger garden this year and want to be as close to organic has possible. But, I have notice the different seeds organic,heirloom, hybrid etc. I am interested in the heat-resistant variety of seeds. Does this mean the seeds are genetically modified if they are not organic and heat resistant? I live in zone 8 and need heat resistant plants because of the dry weather.

Should I pull out an Heirloom Tomato plant from my garden? Ok so this is my first garden and I went a little overboard with my plants. I purchased 14 tomato plants (6 - Big Boys, 6 - Cherry & 2 Heirlooms), 3 Cucumber, 3 Jalapeno, 1 Ancho, 1 Habanero, 3 Bell Peppers, 3 Hot cherry peppers, 1 Eggplant and 1 Melon. In a 20' x 10' area. Told you I went crazy. Anyways, everything is doing great except my Harvest In Harmony Organic Striped German Heirloom Tomato Lycopersicon. Well I shouldn't say they are doing great because most of my tomatoes have not ripened yet. (I heard it was because of the insane heat waves we have had). For the most part they are doing good. I planted my garden with all plants (no seeds) June 5th, so it has been 56 days. On the tag it does not state how many days to harvest it says: "Flat, medium to large sized with ribbed shoulder. Indeterminate." Now mind you my other Heirloom is a Green Zebra and has at least 25 tomatoes on it. The Striped German does not have 1 tomato on it. Should I pull it from my garden so the other plants have more room or wait a little longer? http://www.flickr.com/photos/18228178@N07/sets/72157627340160130/ Here are a few pictures of my garden. I just re3moved the bamboo stacks from keeping the plant upwards and directed them more away from the center of the garden.

Best Heirloom Vegetables for Fresh Eating, Canning, Freezing? I'd like to move away from the GMO/Hybrid vegetables (seeds) in my garden but am having a difficult time finding heirlooms w/great fresh taste as well as are good for canning and freezing. Trying to also find a petite (skinny) green bean that tastes as good, does as well for canning/freezing too. Would appreciate help from those knowledgeable about Heirloom varieties specifically. Thank You

Are Heirloom tomatoes much more difficult to grow than a hybrid? I have never had a vegetable garden until this year. My husband built a raised bed for me and I want to plant tomatoes among a few other vegetables. I will be buying plants...not seeds. Should I stick to a hybrid tomato since I am so novice in gardening? What are the advantages to both a hybrid and heirloom tomato? I am in zone 7 if it matters. (about 10 minutes from Hanover County, VA...famous for their tomatoes)

Perennial Seeds from gorgeous flowering plants for NY Newbe? Trades? I am new to Niagara Falls area from Southern California. Worlds of difference in gardening!!! After spending a fortune on annuals, realize I should have purchased perennials. Too late in season,alas, and plants are so pricey. Does Clematis grow from seed? No luck at all with the four plants I bought. Love exotics, as well as great garden standbys. Anyone want to swap great seeds,cuttings, gardening advice etc., for great recipes? Advice on antiques, or even some antiques for great trades (I am a big time dealer) Will also pay a reasonable price, or send stamped envelope. I can swap some heirloom tomato seeds, or give you fabulous ideas for vegetarian cooking, advice on investment antiques and fine art. Sherri mzdragonwoman@aol.com

Looking for GARDENING HELP! I started seeds for vegetable and herb plants indoor this year.? Now I need to know how large the indoor plants need to be before transplanting them to a large outdoor pot. I have cayenne pepper plants and heirloom tomato plants.

Store seeds in mesh bags? I purchased heirloom seeds online and just recieved them today they are for my victory/survival/crisis garden... but alot of them came in mesh/cloth bags... Should I keep them in these bags? or should i put them in ziploc bags?

What kind of "seeds" do you plant ? Do you plant "heirloom", or, seeds that have been "altered" ? This question comes from this post : Good Seed vs. Bad Seed I have been so disheartened at times when I was into growing a garden, because after ordering seed, and putting all the labour into growing, when it came to harvest time, only to find that the seed planted was a "hy-brid". It was seed that had been tainted : Generically engineered ! The fruit didn't have the juice, the flavour, and couldn't be replanted ! There is a reason some seed is called " heirloom". It is a precious seed, delightful to the taste and eyes, and can continue in reproduction with the same " un-altered" qualities. I've said all that to say this : THE TRUE SEED, THE WORD OF GOD, WILL ALWAYS GIVE FORTH WHAT IS EXPECTED OF IT. There is SO many variations of INTERPRETATIONS of the Word of God, and, to decipher it is beyond our ability, UNLESS, we look toward the HEIRLOOM. A Seed tried and tested, without alterations ! Revelation of the Word.

What type of vegetable is growing in my garden? I have a small vegetable garden and planted several types of vegetables however there is a single plant growing (at this point about 14" high), that is unlike any other. I assume it was a random seed that snuck in with a batch of organic heirloom tomatoes since this is where it has sprouted however it is not the same leaf and it is producing beautiful, tiny white flowers with a center of deep purple and yellow anthers. Any ideas???

What causes plants to get root bound before setting in the garden? This is my 1st year I have had my own small ( 8 X 8 ) green house. My plants grew very well but they became root bond. I used miracle grow potting soil in styrofoam cups with a small hole , the size of a nail,in the bottom for drainage.In spite of this I prepared my garden & set these plants out.Then it started raining just in time.I usually have a good garden when I buy my plants but I've decided to grow my own from heirloom seeds because I feel uncomfortable having to depending on others to supply my food.I have begun using heirloom seeds because they have not been tampered with (another reason) thereby increasing our dependency on others to provide our food.I have asparagus,potatoes,onions.sweet sugar snap peas,corn,green beans,cantaloupes,water melons,romaine lettuce,3 different kinds of cabbage,okra,cucumbers,& squash,later plan to add tomatoes & i'm sure i'll think up some other stuff to put in it.And I fertilize it with horse manure.

What species of vegtables/ fruit should i avoid? in iowa? I live in iowa, and I was looking into buying heirloom seeds for my own personal emergency garden, but is there any type of plant I would particularly have trouble with growing because I live in iowa?

What is the best tasting sunflower seed you can grow in your backyard? I am wanting to plant heirloom sunflowers in my garden. I would like to grow them for seeds. Which sunflower makes the best tasting seeds?

Good reputation for Gardening? Bountiful Gardens Website? Is Bountiful Gardens known for a good reputation http://www.bountifulgardens.org/ Do they really have non-treated, heirloom seeds or are they just faking it? But do they have un-treated heirloom seeds and do they ship in australia

Does anyone know where I can find Heirloom seed corn for the variety know as "LIMBER COB? This is a very tasty variety, that is long and slender. often, 3-4 ears grow on each stalk. The cob is very limber, hence the name. (It makes the best corn cob jelly! When I was a little girl growing up in East Tennessee, my father was able to get this for our garden from an old farmer, who lived in the mountains. Unfortunately, the year my father became ill, he lost his seed corn. I have looked for 10 years for a start. I would truly love to grow this again.

planting various heirloom varieties, tips? so i am new to the whole gardening thing and it seems like heirloom varieties are the way to go. should i be worried about planting multiple heirloom tomatos varieties next to eachother? will there be any danger of the seeds becoming a hybrid and losing the true heirloom qualities when planting them next season? i may plant different types carrots and celery, etc if different vegetables will have different results id like to know. also, if you want to give me any random tips that would be awesome! thanks in advance!

Reliable online seed sales? I am looking to buy heirloom seeds online to start a little veg garden. I was hoping that someone here could give me the web address of a reliable online store. Please only answer this question if you have personally bought seeds from said website in the past and can personally recommend it. Thanks!

Harvesting and storing seeds? I am pretty new to gardening. This year I invested a good amount of money to obtain heirloom, GMO-free seeds (about 40 different kinds, various veg and fruit plants) to plant and grow this year. My big thing though is I'm not really sure on the right procedure for seeding your plants... if anyone can give advice or point me in the right direction to finding website/book resources about this topic, as well as how to store the seeds properly (I have read that properly stored seeds can keep up to 20 years and still be viable) I would certainly appreciate it.

Vegetable/fruit garden questions? 10pts to best answer!!!!? Hi. Our very very small garden is starting to really take off, but I have some questions on how to keep it thriving through the summer to harvest :-). I planted the plants I started from seed inside this winter outside last weekend, and they seem pretty happy. I have an extremely limited space for a garden, most of it in containers, with only 20 square feet of ground space. This is my first time gardening, so please no rude comments if I did something wrong. I'm not experienced enough to know the ins and outs, so I guessed, and now I'm trying to find out more. Experienced gardeners, what would you do? How often should I water my container-growing strawberries? I have 1 everbearing plant and 1 June bearing plant. I already had 2 die because I think I over-watered them, but I noticed my June bearing wilting, and it perked back up with a good watering. They are both already producing berries. What is a good watering schedule or way to tell if they need water? They are in 5 gallon pots. I planted spinach from seed in a half barrel, along with other types of lettuces (I didn't start these inside). Where I planted the seeds is sprouting, but it looks more like grass than spinach. 2 thin leaves for each plant. Is this how spinach should look when first sprouted? Given the extremely limited ground space I have for a garden, I planted a few indoor-started plants closer together than instructed. These include watermelons, honeydew melons and butternut squash. I now have thriving plants (about 3" tall), but they are only about 14-20 inches apart, and I have 3 plants each. These are produce we frequently buy from the store in the summer/fall, so we would like as large of a crop as possible. Would it be better to thin them out and give each plant more room or keep them spaced as-is to yield more fruit? The soil is very nutrient rich, as I planted these in my compost from last winter, and organic potting soil I used to amend the ground soil. They are also in full sun, in a easy spot to water daily if needed. I also planted my indoor-started corn plants closer than instructed, at about 6 inches apart. I have a block of 12, 3 inch plants. I know each stalk only produces 1 ear of corn, so I'd like to get as many as reasonably possible. Should I thin them or feed them more often with compost/compost tea to keep them growing in a cramped space? I got a little tomato crazy when I started the plants inside, growing 2 plants each of 5 different heirloom varieties. I have 10 plants, already large at about 1 foot high, big and bushy, and already starting to produce tomatoes (not big or ripe yet, just little green babies). I planted 8 of them outside, and kept 2 in 5 gallon pots indoors. How many tomatoes does the average plant produce? I never thought of this before I started them, and I'm getting the impression I am going to have to sell/give away some tomatoes. Thanks for any advice!

Can I save the seeds? So I bought some vegetable plants this past spring for the garden. I like some of them saved the seeds from some tomatoes and peppers. Can I grow these seeds next year? I saw someone say that a lot of these new hybrids and such are only good once? And that it was only the heirlooms that you could do that with. I don't remember the kind I got now.

Diamond Pattern Planting? I was reading somewhere that diamond pattern planting utilizes more space as opposed to the traditional single row planting. Is this good for all types of plants or just specific ones. This is my first year of growing an organic garden and I would really like some just all around tips about organic gardening. I've exhausted youtube, monkeysee, expertvillage, and typical video hosting sites. I'd really like to stick with heirloom seeds. Another quick question. Are all heirloom seeds "true to type"? Thanks for any and all help

I need a stinky turnip again!!!!? On Thanksgiving of 2002 my wife cooked a turnip (rutabaga) to go with our dinner. While she was cooking it I noticed that it did not have the pungent odor that I was used to. When we sat down to eat the Turnip was flavorless. Every year since I have noticed that the turnip was not as strong. Has anyone else noticed this? I am going to have my own garden this year- finally. I am wondering if I should use heirloom seeds. I have only eaten rutabaga that I can remember. Will a real turnip have the pungent smell and strong flavor that I remember?. Thanks

Why does Obama want to STARVE AMERICANS OUT with this bill? (NaturalNews) Senate Bill 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act, has been called “the most dangerous bill in the history of the United States of America.” It would grant the U.S. government new authority over the public’s right to grow, trade and transport any foods. This would give Big brother the power to regulate the tomato plants in your backyard. It would grant them the power to arrest and imprison people selling cucumbers at farmer’s markets. It would criminalize the transporting of organic produce if you don’t comply with the authoritarian rules of the federal government. “It will become the most offensive authority against the cultivation, trade and consumption of food and agricultural products of one’s choice. It will be unconstitutional and contrary to natural law or, if you like, the will of God.” – Dr. Shiv Chopra, Canada Health whistleblower This tyrannical law puts all food production (yes, even food produced in your own garden) under the authority of the Department of Homeland Security. Yep — the very same people running the TSA and its naked body scanner / passenger groping programs. This law would also give the U.S. government the power to arrest any backyard food producer as a felon (a “smuggler”) for merely growing lettuce and selling it at a local farmer’s market. It also sells out U.S. sovereignty over our own food supply by ceding to the authority of both the World Trade Organization (WTO) and Codex Alimentarius. It would criminalize seed saving, turning backyard gardeners who save heirloom seeds into common criminals. This is obviously designed to give corporations like Monsanto a monopoly over seeds. It would create an unreasonable paperwork burden that would put small food producers out of business, resulting in more power over the food supply shifting to large multinational corporations. I encourage you to read more about this dangerous bill at the Food Freedom blog on WordPress and watch this excellent video on NaturalNews.TV which explains S.510 in more detail. Take action now or lose your right to grow your own food Sign this petition at Citizens for Health: http://www.citizens.org/?page_id=2312 Do it today! This is really important. This site may be overloaded with people going to it to protest. Try again later if this is the case. In addition, the Cornucopia Institute recently sent out an urgent call-to-action email containing the following information: How to protest Senate Bill 510: 1) Go to Congress.org and type in your zip code in the box in the upper right hand corner. 2) Click on your Senator’s name, and then on the contact tab for their phone number. You can also call the Capitol Switchboard and ask to be directly connected to your Senator’s office: 202-224-3121 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 202-224-3121 end_of_the_skype_highlighting. 3) Once connected ask to speak to the legislative staff person responsible for agriculture. If they are unavailable leave a voice mail message. Be sure to include your name and phone number. Give them this message in support of the “Tester Amendment” which would exempt small farms from S.510: “I am a constituent of Senator___________. I ask that he/she support the Tester Amendment to the food safety bill. The Tester Amendment will exempt the safest, small, owner-operator farms and food facilities and farmers who direct market their products to consumers, stores or restaurants. Food safety legislation should not create inappropriate and costly regulatory barriers to family farms and the growing healthy food movement in the drive to crack down on corporate bad actors. Please support the Tester Amendment and market opportunities for small and mid-sized family farms, and small food processing facilities.” You may also wish to explain that you oppose the Food Safety Modernization Act in its entirety, and it is a destructive, freedom-crushing law that will destroy the future of food in America. Remember, America has already lost control over its money supply to the Federal Reserve (nearly a hundred years ago). America has lost its health due to the medical industry and its profit-from-sickness agenda. Now we may lose our right to grow our own food and save our own seeds if Senate Bill 510 passes. This is a dangerous, tyrannical law that would thrust the American people into an age of darkness and malnutrition. It would criminalize many of the very people growing our food and turn food production into yet another corporate monopoly. Please take the time right now to contact your U.S. Senator and voice your strong opposition to this bill.

seed savers - how often do your heirloom tomatoes cross inadvertently? peppers? I planted my heirloom tomatoes & open pollinated peppers in groups a few feet away from other varieties- is it likely they will have accidentally cross-pollinated? I understand that is is very possible, but in the real world, is it likely? I have hundreds of tomatoes & peppers in my garden, but I kept the varieties near each other, and selected the fruit from the center of each group of variety, so it was never a plant right next to another variety. thanks! My understanding was that almost always, tomatoes and peppers will self-pollinate themselves, due to the structure of their flowers, but occasionally, can be cross pollinated, I imagine by bees.

Planting/Gardening Help? Hi everyone! I'm going to plant heirloom canteloupe, heirloom tomatoes, and sugar snap peas. And I'm not sure how far apart they should be spaced when I put the seeds into the ground. I know it says on the package but I have a hard time reading that for some reason... But anyways my question is How far apart do each of the 3 types of seeds need to be planted? And another thing, my garden is basicly just gonna be a wooden box filled with soil and also need to know how tall it should be for the roots to grow sufficiently? Sorry if this sounds all stupid and jumbled up. I'm not really familiar with this stuff. Oh Im sorry I live on the central coast of California

Blueberry plants budding in the package? I generally start everything from seed and only use heirloom or OP seed, however, last week my 8 yr old convinced me to buy some blueberry plants from the local home improvement/garden center. The plants are still in the boxes and have started to bud. It's still about a week and a half-two weeks from "last frost". Should I go ahead and plant these and just cover them overnight or should I still wait until after last frost?

The Best varieties to grow in the SE for canning? I've already started my garden this season here in SC, and I'm looking at next year already. Any experience/recommendations? Here's what I'm looking for, and what I chose for this year. Tomatoes: Celebrity Costoluto Genovese Viva Italia Heirloom blend (5 varieties including Brandywine) Golden Rave (a yellow grape variety) Supersweet 100 Roma (the dog whacked them) Green Peppers: California Sweet (I'm not happy with the germination on these and will be looking for another next year) Cucumber: County Fair Alibi Beans: Borlotto Solista (for dry beans) Festina (for canning) Peas: Maestro I also have some yellow onion sets, a squash (Rumbo, looks kind of like a pumpkin) and Cantaloupe (Ambrosia), eating cukes (Pearl) plus some okra pass a long seeds, strawberries, raspberries and blueberries and a couple of herbs. I make jams, sauce, salsa, pickles, pies, and can what we don't eat fresh, but this is only my second time growing for canning. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I forgot to mention, except for Celebrity and Roma (may they rest, in pieces!), the berries and the squash herbs and onions (yellow storage is all I know about them), these are all new varieties for me. Pal, thank you so much for our answer. My youngest and I are out in the yard, watching the bumble bees. It's a really pretty day today, but all too soon it will be 100 deg in the shade and I won't want to poke a toe out while the sun is up. Clemson University (which is where our county extension office referred me) has excellent information on the technicalities of growing here in SC, but not so much information on which varieties hold up for canning/preserving nor do they factor in tastiness. As for lettuce and other greens, we ran through the packages of seeds that I had faster than expected (they grew like crazy in our yard, but the neighbors are just getting started, microclimates?) and we're kind of tired of salads at the moment. I'm using the space for onions now. I do have one tomato that the kids planted in the mint/oregano barrel, it's a German slicing tomato, and most of the heirlooms in the mix are also slicers. It sounds like you're really missing your garden!

Growing your own veggies... ? I have grown my own veggies for many years, but now that we are in the worse recorded drought and with water restrictions as they are, I have cut back on what I grow severely...Now to the question...If I was still growing all my seasonal veggies, would I be using more or less water than commercial growers, considering I use mulch heavily to retain water in the soil...I also don't have to transport them anywhere and I don't have to keep them in a false enviroment to keep them fit for sale... The most important thing is I use no chemicals other than what is certified organic, and my produce are all grown from seed and are either certified organic or heirloom, so no hybrids in my garden... My tucker tastes the way my grandparents enjoyed theirs, not like the insipid, tough, supermarket bred produce... What are your thoughts on this regardless of country, but please mention where you live as many people are not in my situation... Cheers... Just let you know, I am not allowed by Law to use any drip system, only watering cans (anytime) and a hand held hose fitted with water reducing head for 1 1/2 hours twice a week... I cannot recycle my grey water to my garden as yet...

When do (or do I) harvest my onions? I planted onions from seed a year or two ago. The tops have never wilted and fallen over (which is what every source I can find says to look for.) They are an heirloom variety called Tropeana Lunga. Do I just keep waiting? Will just "waiting" change their flavor? Should I clear up the gardening space for another plant?

I live in Minnesota and container gardening? A site to help for planting? Hello I just bought a lot of different types of seeds. Maybe there is a website that can help me if I just search basic questions like when to plant these which kinds of soil.? I'll list the ones I have: White Alpine Strawberry Pink Boar Tomato Michael Pollan Tomato Blue Pea Peas Isis Candy Tomato Butterhead Lettuce Spinach Walla Walla Onion Cosmic Purple Carrot Black Cherry Tomato Jubilee Heirloom Tomato Lemon Grass Lemon Basil White Sage Calabash Tomato Broccoli Eva Purple Ball Purple Ruffles Basil Sweet Pepper Ok these will ALL be going into containers! Please help advise me!

What tomato variety is the best tasting for home gardens? I can remember when tomatoes tasted really sweet and had that nice ripe tomato smell. At the grocery, they are hard, cardboard tasting, pulpy, and with no tomato smell at all. No amount of ripening helps them either. I will be growing my own this summer, and I would like a recommendation as to the best-tasting, juicy, and sweet smelling variety. I know there are some kind of heirloom, but they are not always available in my area of PA. I prefer to start with seedlings rather than seeds which take to long here to get started.

what are your thoughts on the fda? is it as apparent to you as it is to me that the fda really does not care at all about peoples "safety". they think that spraying, treating, pasteurization, and other heat treating and modification of food is making them safer to eat, but they seem to be-or maybe not so much-totally oblivious that all these things they do to food are making them toxic and seriously reducing there nutritional value! not only that but heat kills the living cells in food that can help us on our way to super health and healing. i think they are doing it all on purpose for the soul reason of making us as unhealthy as they can get away with. they want to make all raw foods-not just milk-ILLEGAL! they want to restrict home gardening and totally OWN the rights to all your plants and and seed and be able to tell you how to grow your own food the way they want it done! which is mandatory pesticides and and other chemicals, and no more heirloom seed- it must all be GMO with terminator gene(only grows once then you have to buy more seed from them next year!). this is the FDA, the pharmaceutical industry, the government-who wants us all to have no freedom-, and MONSANTO(monsatan) that are all working behind the scenes to make our food as toxic as possible and remove foods from the market that will accelerate our health and well-being! is all this true? or should i say do you agree with this or is some of it myth/rumors? ... an i going have my profile deleted for saying these things?? lol. wow, i knew this was going to be a very controversial subject! and way over my head really as far as understanding. and i don't claim to necessarily believe all this, but it only makes some sense to me that the powerful people have it out for us! thats how it works. and no, i don't know very much nor have i read much about anything to do with american agriculture. i just do what i can with what knowledge i have and never get too arrogant or zealous, cuz i know non of us really knows anything for sure.