Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 6/1/18

Saving seed from this year’s crop in order to sow it the following spring is a romantic idea, but most modern-day farmers don’t have time for it, nor the know-how. Producing good quality seed that grows “true-to-type”—in other words, it produces exactly the crop that’s advertised—is a highly specialized skill. That’s why we have seed farmers. Generally speaking, seed farmers grow crops in a way that optimizes the quantity and quality of its seed for the purpose of selling it to other farmers and gardeners.

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