Are You Frightened of Landrace Gardening?

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Joseph Lofthouse had hundreds of jars of seed around his house when he began market gardening.

He saved seeds from each variety…a time-consuming task.

Today he has far fewer jars of seed. Today he practices landrace gardening.

Lofthouse no longer focuses on keeping pure varieties, but instead uses genetically diverse lots of seed.

His is the author of the book, Landrace Gardening: Food Security through Biodiversity and Promiscuous…