Showing posts with label biodiversity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label biodiversity. Show all posts

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Heirlooms and Hybrids

Have you noticed that the word 'heirloom' has become very popular on seed packets, in seed catalogues and on seed-company web sites?  But when can seeds be called 'heirloom' and why do seed-companies create the impression that heirloom is better than hybrid?