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Unlike hybrid seeds, GMO seeds are not created using natural, low-tech methods. GMO seed varieties are created in a lab using high-tech and sophisticated techniques like gene-splicing. Furthermore, GMO seeds seldom cross different, but related plants. Open pollinated (OP) seeds are seeds that are produced from natural, random, open pollination by wind, birds or insects, resulting in plants that are naturally varied. Open pollinated seed saving is the oldest of the three methods of producing seed. The Victory Seed Company is a small, family owned and operated organization that works to preserve plant varieties by locating, growing, documenting and offering rare, open-pollinated, non-GMO, non-hybrid, heirloom seeds to home gardeners. Hybrid Seeds. Genetically-modified (GMO) seeds. Heirloom seeds. The labels often confuse people. Not a single day passes without some well-meaning reader leaving a comment like this one: “GMOs are perfectly safe. Farmers and gardeners have been cross-breeding seeds like this for thousands of years. The Importance of Non-Hybrid Seeds. Non-Hybrid or Open-Pollinated seeds allow the gardener to collect seeds from a crop for future planting. Hybrid seeds do not. All Heirloom Organics Seed Packs are 100% Non-Hybrid AND Non-GMO (genetically modified) and specially sealed for long term storage. Use now AND save for emergency. All from the same hermetically sealed pack! http://www.smallfootprintfamily.com/hybrid-seeds-vs-gmos. “GMO and selective breeding [hybrid] are not the same”. http://www.greenlivingtips.com/articles/GMO-vs-selective-breeding.html. “A much larger number of mutations(genetic changes) occur on genetic manipulation than in normal plant breeding.
http://www.foodrenegade.com/hybrid-seeds-vs-gmos/ http://www.smallfootprintfamily.com/hybrid-seeds-vs-gmos http://www.victoryseeds.com/ http://www.foodrenegade.com/hybrid-seeds-vs-gmos/ http://www.non-hybrid-seeds.com/ http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/05/draft-a-gmo-conundrum-organic-mutageniccell-fusion-hybrid-seeds-are-genetically-engineered/
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