Landrace Gardening with Joseph Lofthouse: Creating locally adapted crop varieties

Joseph Lofthouse makes seed saving low-stress and relevant to local conditions.  Instead of keeping seeds “pure” which causes inbreeding depression (loss of genetic diversity), he encourages crossing to create the best qualities for ones particular climate.  We discuss his book Landrace Gardening and some tips for breeding several different crops that will thrive in your area, rather than buying seeds from long ago and far away that may do poorly in your garden of farm.  Recorded in February, it will play at berkshireradio.org Mondays 10-11 AM Feb 26-March 18, streamed via spinatron from 11  AM Feb 26-March 31or you can listen right here now!

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