For thousands of years farmers, especially women, have evolved and bred seed freely in partnership with each other and with Nature to further increase the diversity of that which Nature has given us and adapt it to the needs of different cultures. Biodiversity and cultural diversity have shaped each another.
Every seed is an embodiment of millennia of Nature’s evolution and centuries of farmers’ breeding. It is the distilled expression of the intelligence of the Earth and the intelligence of farming communities. Farmers have bred seeds for diversity, resilience, taste, nutrition, health, and ...
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