I got my precious little packet of organic Alfalfa seeds today. Precious not cause they cost all that much but because, well, you know.
Even when I ordered them I was not sure what I am gonna do with them and still not sure! I am in a new garden here and just know I'd like some alfalfa growing. It is a beautiful plant with lovely flowers, for one thing. Sorry, getting a bit OT here.......
Michael Pollan is a good guy, sowing sense in the public mind. Glad he got on Oprah. I'm not going vegan either, but even so.
Genetically modified corn
Looks like those seeds will indeed turn out to be precious, kylaluaz:
"Some biotechnology officials have predicted that U.S. farmers will use genetically modified seeds to grow half of the nation's alfalfa."
Right now, they use, basically, none. This is from the WSJ:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703399204576108601430251740.html
This article was especially interesting because it reported that Obama had asked the USDA head to allow the GMO alfala in order that the Obama administration not look hostile to big biz. Good grief.
maybe we should order all a bunch of organic alfalfa seeds and, like, horde it. Or bank it somehow.
wonder if anyone is doing that, somewhere out there........