Control of the seed is control over the entire food supply. I urge everyone to horde all the heirloom seeds you can as you will eventually need them to keep from starving to death. I recommend this seed vault, it contains only heirloom, non-gmo seeds: amazon.com/Vegetable-32-O⦠#ad 
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Dang it. Hopefully they restock soon. Heirloom seeds from other places can be great as well. Just doing homework on good heirloom seed sellers.
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Best way to store seed? And how long do they last?
I hear storing in a cold environment. Such as a refrigerator is wise. I think years of storage life are expected.
I heard Bill Gates has a personal seed storage underground vault you can drive 18 wheelers into. Iceland? Somewhere like that. Very cold with a constant underground temperature.
The key is getting original unmodified heirloom seeds. (Getting harder and harder to find.. the government and people like Bill Gates are genetically modifying seeds to harm the public.. Just good enough to seem okay, but long term side effects to terminate you.) π±
Either on the plant or in a paper bag somewhere cool (not freezing) and dark.
I agree with the urgency of preserving our access to seeds, but the best way to do that is to grow the seeds, particularly the ones which will do best on your property. The only way to do the first and the best way to know the second is to actively garden.
Even with best practices to preserve them, most crop seeds have a shelf life of 1-15 years depending on species (usually on the lower end of that range). Also, if the day comes when you truly NEED to grow your own food, youβd be better off starting now so you know what youβre doing when that time comes.
Hoarding seeds and not growing them is a little like hoarding ammo that might not even fit your guns and never going to the range.
Don't forget to grow them everyone. That way you'll have good germination rates, be able to breed varieties to your tastes and have plants adapted to your local climate and soil condition. ππ»
don't try to save seeds more than a couple years. germination rates diminish relatively quickly.
buy seeds.
grow food.
save seeds.
repeat.
#smij says look at #permaculture.
"all the world's problems can be solved in the garden."
- Geoff Lawton