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Library to offer
purple carrot, blue corn seeds
GREENVILLE – If given a choice between hybrid seeds for vegetables –
such as “Cosmic Purple” carrots, “Blue Jade” corn and peach tomatoes –
or the latest scientifically modified, pest-resistant, vegetables such
as corn and soybeans (GMO’s, or Genetically Modified Organisms), which
would you choose?
According to Greenville Public Library staff member Rachel Brock it’s
an easy answer. She wants to try the open-pollinated and heirloom
seeds, such as carrots and tomatoes. “This is a growing trend in
libraries,” Brock said as she worked on restocking the library’s
‘Growing Harvest’ collection of seeds. To date 390 libraries around the
world have started seed collections to provide these seeds to patrons.
Two other libraries close to Darke County are in Dayton and New Castle,
Ind.
“There is concern about foods that contain GMO’s,” she added, and a
growing movement toward returning to more natural options. According to
the website, foodrenegade.com, GMO’s are a scientific unknown and
possibly harmful to the environment and overall health...
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