The consumer's perspective

• Organic seeds create trust - because organic is more than just a label
• Organic seeds are the basis for healthy foods with plenty of nutrients
• Organic seeds ensure that your food tastes and smells good, that it appeals and inspires
• Organic seeds ensure more diversity - in the fields and on the plate
• Organic seeds guarantee: no genetic modification

The gardeners' and farmers' perspective

• Plants from organic seeds are vital and can strive in the field
• Plants from organic, open pollinated varieties can produce healthy seeds and thus increase food sovereignty
• Plants from organic seeds are better at coping with pests
• Plants from organic seeds can deal with extreme weather
• Plants from organic seeds enrich the soil life
• With thei strong roots, plants from organic seeds can deeply connect with soil and other plants
• Plants from organic seeds are future-oriented: from year to year, they adapt better to the local conditions
• Plants from organic seeds don't need expensive fertilizers and pesticides

Conventional seeds rely on property rights and chemicals. The consequences:

• Only very few varieties without local adaptation
• High-yield, "hard" products which are easy to transport and trade, but which have less taste and vital substances
• Dependence of plants on specific chemicals in order to develop - and very often, these come from the same manufacturer as the seeds themselves
• Patent protection means: no reproduction
• Plants are interrupted in their maturation process
• Genetic engineering means the loss of the plant's integrity - and of the integrity of our food

All this limits the future viability of conventional seeds and calls for increasingly complex technology and high investments.

Find here an in-depth answer to the question, why we are committed to open-pollinated, organic seeds.