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Varieties Pledged to the
​Open Source Seed Initiative


In memory of Jonathan Spero--farmer, plant breeder, activist, musician, family man and friend--who did so much to make this vision a reality. Jonathan was on the founding board of the Open Source Seed Initiative.

The varieties pictured below are all pledged to OSSI, to remain in the public domain forever.



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Most people have heard of GMOs and the threat they pose to our food supply. A different sort of threat has received much less publicity--the privatization of our food crop seeds. In 1980, the courts allowed the patenting of lifeforms for the first time. Since then, corporations have rushed to patent seeds. And recently, corporations have tried to patent single traits as well. (Traits like "good flavor in melons" or resistance to a certain disease for example.)

The Open Source Seed Initiative website explains the problem: "Today, only a handful of companies account for most of the world’s commercial breeding and seed sales. Increasingly, patenting is used to enhance the power and control of these companies over the seeds and the farmers that feed the world."

"Patented seeds cannot be saved, replanted, or shared by farmers and gardeners. And because there is no research exemption for patented material, plant breeders at universities and small seed companies cannot use patented seed to create the new crop varieties that should be the foundation of a just and sustainable agriculture."

"Inspired by the free and open source software movement that has provided alternatives to proprietary software, OSSI was created to free the seed – to make sure that the genes in at least some seed can never be locked away from use by intellectual property rights."

The OSSI pledge reads: "You have the freedom to use these OSSI-pledged seeds in any way you choose. In return, you pledge not to restrict others' use of these seeds or their derivatives, by patents or other means, and to include this pledge in any transfer of these seeds or their derivatives."

The OSSI Pledge ensures the Four Open Source Seed Freedoms for this and future generations:
  1. The freedom to save or grow seed for replanting or for any other purpose.
  2. The freedom to share, trade, or sell seed to others.
  3. The freedom to trial and study seed and to share or publish information about it.
  4. The freedom to select or adapt the seed, make crosses with it, or use it to breed new lines and varieties.
To find out more, go to the OSSI website

OSSI Open-Source Seeds

Basil, "Opalescent"
$3.20
$3.20

Sold out

Dry Bean, Beef-Bush Black Resilient
$3.20 - $22.95
$3.20 - $22.95
Vibrant Joy Bok Choy Mix
$3.20 - $5.95
$3.20 - $5.95
Vibrant Ultraviolet Bok Choy
$0.00 - $3.20
$0.00 - $3.20
Solstice Broccoli
$3.20
$3.20
Zeolights Calendula
$3.20
$3.20
Festivity Sweet Corn
$3.40 - $24.95
$3.40 - $24.95
Top Hat Sweet Corn
$3.40 - $24.95
$3.40 - $24.95
Zanadoo Sweet Corn
$3.40 - $24.95
$3.40 - $24.95
Cascade Ruby-Gold Flint Corn
$3.40 - $24.95
$3.40 - $24.95

Only a few left!

Lacinato Kale, "Wild Garden Strain" (Cavolo Nero, Dinosaur)
$3.20 - $12.95
$3.20 - $12.95

Only a few left!

White Russian Kale
$3.20 - $5.95
$3.20 - $5.95

Only a few left!

King Seig Leek
$3.20
$3.20

Sold out

"Hyper Red Rumpled Waved" Leaf Lettuce
$3.20
$3.20
Outredgeous Red Romaine Lettuce
$3.20
$3.20
Quan Yin Crisphead Lettuce
$3.20 - $7.50
$3.20 - $7.50
Dragon Tongue Mustard
$3.20
$3.20
Dakota Tears Yellow Storage Onion
$3.20 - $5.95
$3.20 - $5.95
Bigger Better Butternut
$3.20
$3.20

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Candystick Dessert Delicata Squash
$3.20 - $6.95
$3.20 - $6.95
Estate Tomato
$3.20
$3.20

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Honeydrop Cherry Tomato
$3.20
$3.20
Santiam Sunrise Cherry Tomato
$3.20
$3.20
Scarlet Ohno Turnip
$3.20
$3.20
Goldini II Zucchini Squash
$3.80
$3.80
Brown Resilient Bean
$3.80
$3.80
White Candle Gaucho Bean
$3.80
$3.80
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    • Vegetable Seeds >
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      • Beans
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      • Broccoli and Cima di Rapa
      • Cabbage
      • Carrots & Roots
      • Celery
      • Chard
      • Corn
      • Cucumber
      • Eggplant
      • Fennel
      • Greens
      • Kale and Collards
      • Lettuce
      • Melons
      • Oil Crops
      • Okra
      • Open-Source Seeds (OSSI)
      • Onions and Leeks
      • Peas
      • Peppers
      • Spinach
      • Squash & Pumpkins
      • Sunflowers
      • Tomatoes
      • Tomatillos/Husk Cherries
      • Turnips and Rutabagas
    • Perennial Vegetables >
      • Perennial Vegetable Seeds
      • About Perennial Vegetables
    • Flower Seeds
    • Herb Seeds >
      • Medicinal and Historic Herbs
      • Culinary Herbs (and teas)
      • Herb Collections
    • Seed Collections
    • Grains >
      • Heirloom Wheat Barley Oats & Rye
      • Gluten-Free Grains
    • Cover Crops >
      • Cover Crop Mixes
      • Cover Crops that are Food Crops
      • Decorative Cover Crops
    • Open Source (OSSI)
    • People behind the Seeds >
      • Carol Deppe Varieties
      • Jonathan Spero Varieties
      • Frank Morton Varieties
    • Start these Indoors
    • Companion Plants
    • Recipes >
      • Tomato Recipes
      • Preserving and Fermenting
    • Plant for Spring >
      • Spring Vegetables
      • Spring Herbs & Flowers
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      • Seeds that Need Winter Cold
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