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Growing Heirlooms Heirloom vegetables, fruit and grains are unique and beautiful varieties passed down through generations of gardeners and farmers who harvest and save seeds. Their colors, flavors, shapes and sizes express an amazing spectrum of biodiversity that has been threatened by industrial agriculture. Only a small fraction of the food plants that were grown commercially a hundred years ago are still grown commercially today. Heirloom plants have been replaced with hybrids bred to be consistent in appearance and easy to ship. The genetic richness of heirlooms developed over thousands of years is both a protection against blight and disease and a natural legacy for future generations. | |
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