Heirloom Varieties Quotes

I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.

Look at our farmers' markets today, bursting with heritage breeds and heirloom varieties, foods that were once abundant when we were an agricultural nation, but that we have lost touch with. Bringing all these back helps us connect to our roots, our communities and helps us feed America the proper way.

In any case, if I grow hybrid maize or hybrid pearl mallet or any hybrid, I have to sow fresh seed every year. I cannot keep the seed of the same plant. If I keep the seed of the same plant, yield will be much less and there will be a wide variation in the field, like maturity period, quality and so on.

I have an organic garden and love being able to say, 'I'm going to see what I can pick to throw in my salad.'

I've become a produce snob. I like to eat food that's in season.

We're close to losing our essential diversity. Look at our wheat crops - we rely on a handful of grain crops and plants that we've refined and bred over hundreds of years.

I have a garden in my backyard that's completely organic, which I'm very proud of.

I grow the vegetables my family eats. I grow enough, and we seldom buy from the market.

We grow our own vegetables.

The thing about organic farming is that the produce will not look the same. Your tomato will not resemble the rich red one from the textbook, and that's the beauty of it.

My grandmother had a courtyard of animals, like goats and chickens. She made ricotta cheese, cooked with potatoes warm from the garden, grew everything from beans to wheat. It was simple, seasonal food, and we all ate what was produced 10 miles from where we lived. It was that way for centuries.

Bring diversity back to agriculture. That's what made it work in the first place.