{"product_id":"breed-your-own-vegetable-varieties-the-gardeners-and-farmers-guide-to-plant-breeding-and-seed-saving-2nd-edition-paperback","title":"Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving, 2nd Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Deppe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthoritative and accessible, this is \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e guide to plant breeding and seed saving for the serious home vegetable gardener and the small-scale farmer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll gardeners and farmers should be plant breeders, says author Carol Deppe. Developing new vegetable varieties doesn't require a specialized education, a lot of land, or even a lot of time. It can be done on any scale. It's enjoyable. It's deeply rewarding. You can get useful new varieties much faster than you might suppose. And you can eat your mistakes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInside this comprehensive vegetable gardening book you will discover how to: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- breed for a wide range of different traits (flavor, size, shape, or color)\u003cbr\u003e- grow for cold or heat tolerance, pest and disease resistance, and regional adaptation \u003cbr\u003e- save seed and maintain varieties \u003cbr\u003e- conduct your own variety trials and other farm or garden-based research \u003cbr\u003e- breed for performance under organic or sustainable growing methods \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this one-size-fits-all world of multinational seed companies, plant patents, and biotech monopolies, more and more gardeners and farmers are recognizing that they need to \"take back their seeds.\" They need to save more of their own seed, grow and maintain the best traditional and regional varieties, and develop more of their own unique new varieties. \u003ci\u003eBreed Your Own Vegetable Varieties\u003c\/i\u003e shows the way, and offers an exciting introduction to a whole new gardening adventure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Deppe invites you on a journey of discovery to reclaim the lost lore of our ancestors, to relearn the traditions of seed-saving and seed-breeding and to take back control of the seed. . . . Within you will find information not available in other garden books or anywhere else. .\"--C. R. Lawn, Fedco Seeds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOregon plant breeder \u003cb\u003eCarol Deppe\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tao of Vegetable Gardening\u003c\/i\u003e, holds a PhD in biology from Harvard University and specializes in developing public-domain crops for organic growing conditions, sustainable agriculture, and human survival for the next thousand years. Carol is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times\u003c\/i\u003e (Chelsea Green, 2010), \u003ci\u003eBreed Your Own Vegetable Varieties, 2nd ed.\u003c\/i\u003e (Chelsea Green, 2000), \u003ci\u003eTao Te Ching: A Window to the Tao through the Words of Lao Tzu\u003c\/i\u003e (Fertile Valley Publishing, 2010), and \u003ci\u003eTaoist Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (Fertile Valley Publishing, 2014).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 9.38 x 7.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 07, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53629264986419,"sku":"9781890132729","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/B6ZAbLtzRI9781890132729.webp?v=1783500326","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/breed-your-own-vegetable-varieties-the-gardeners-and-farmers-guide-to-plant-breeding-and-seed-saving-2nd-edition-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}