Seeds Of Life - Open Pollination -Frank Morton

Willamette Valley (Oregon), organic seed breeder, Frank Morton, explains the benefits of open pollination in plant breeding and the important role that farmers play in the process. As the climate changes and native environments undergo change, plants that survive and thrive over time are chosen by farmers (and researchers) to continually improve plant varieties for better local adaptation.
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[@555Jordan]

Wow. first video I have watched on this chanel and I am astounded. You are speaking my language.

[@TheRealHonestInquiry]

Good info, thanks!

[@toodie535]

there are many more small certified organic seed companies that sell retail other than the 3 or 4 that you mentioned. JUST SAYIN. Look for companies that have signed the "Safe Seed Pledge" and also pay an outside company to test their seed crops for any trace of GMO's. These family owned copanies sell retail at brick & mortar stores as well as through catalog and online.

[@danielrose1392]

The good news, some companies outside conventional agricultural science understood the challenge and are now trying to automate the selection many farmers no longer can do. At my university they combined a 40 year old sugar beet harvester with camera technology original built to sort parcels for ups and dhl and suddenly you have a tool which sets aside the best beets. At least that's what they are hoping to achieve. They results so far are far away from what a good farmer could manually select, but already significantly better than random selection.

[@gloriaa3652]

OMG. We, the average person supporting the organic food movement and often growing our own food, we need to understand this. Please do more education, more videos on this. Sounds like it needs to be included in tose

[@gloriaa3652]

(Cont) in those classes where various organic farmers speak on their methods. I can think 5 questions, at least.

[@V8Murder]

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