stars2man: Strawberries Don't Taste Good Anymore?

Saturday, March 25, 2023

Strawberries Don't Taste Good Anymore?

Is This Why Strawberries Don't Taste Good Anymore?

As more people recognize the need to steer clear of pesticides, they are growing their own produce in potted gardens and their backyards. Although the demand for organic seeds has grown, High Mowing Organic Seeds is one of the only companies that produces organic seeds from organically grown plants. Most seed companies do not grow their own seeds, and while you may grow the plants organically, the seeds may not have organic roots.

Tom Stearns is the owner and founder of High Mowing Organic Seeds, which he started as a hobby in 1996. By the third year, he had sold $18,000 worth of seeds and $34,000 in the fourth year. The growing demand required that Stearns turn his hobby into a business that quickly became a half-million-dollar company.

Stearns was interviewed by Growing a Greener World in 2018,28 during which he talked about how important choosing organic seeds is to create a healthy dietary plan. While there are rules regarding chemical usage for commercial food crops, the rules are more relaxed when it comes to growing conventional seeds, which technically aren't a food product:29

“When you’re growing food conventionally, there are rules about all the different chemicals you can use and not use. When you’re growing seeds conventionally, there’s also rules, but there are a lot more chemicals that are allowed.

So, seed crops get sprayed with a lot of things, because it’s not a food crop, so it’s not going to translate into that risk for people, but of course it’s still poisons in the environment. So, when you grow seeds organically, you don’t have those poisons, and it’s a major reduction of them compared to the conventional comparison.”

Another eye-opening fact revealed by Stearns is that 95% of the acreage of organic vegetable farms is planted with conventional seeds. This isn’t necessarily by choice, as the organic seed industry is still in its infancy, which means there isn’t always enough to go around, or the correct varieties aren’t always available.

In fact, half the vegetables grown today have no commercial sources — you have to get them through seed trades.30 High Mowing Organic Seeds is trying to bring more organic seed varieties to organic farmers, which they say makes a major difference compared to using conventional seeds.

If you garden, seeking out high-quality organic seeds will help you produce the most robust plants and healthiest food. Another alternative, however, is to save seeds from your own plants. When you save seed from your own best-performing plants, on your land and in your own ecosystem, you gradually develop varieties better adapted to your own soil, climate and growing conditions.

Large seed suppliers rarely "rogue" the fields to pull out inferior or off-type plants, so the open-pollinated seeds they sell have inferior specimens in the mix. High Mowing is one of the rare seed companies that do this, but you can also select your own seed for uniformity and quality.

You can control the gene pool for optimal germination, ripening time, flavor, storage, disease resistance and color. After a few seasons, more and more of your plants will have all your personally selected traits.

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Saturday, March 25, 2023

Strawberries Don't Taste Good Anymore?

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