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Varieties Pledged to the ​Open Source Seed Initiative

In memory of Jonathan Spero, who did so much to make this vision a reality. The varieties pictured below are all pledged to OSSI, to remain in the public domain forever.
Most people know about GMO seeds. Far fewer people realize the threat to our food system from seed patenting and privatization. Now that the Supreme Court has ruled that lifeforms and seed varieties can be patented, corporations have rushed to patent their new varieties, public domain varieties, and even separate traits, like "good taste in melons."

If you grow a variety that is patented, it is illegal to grow seed for sale, to use it in breeding, or even to save seed for your own use. The Open Source Seed Initiative was formed to counter this threat by ensuring that at least some varieties are preserved in the public domain. 

By pledging a new variety to Open Source, the breeder of that variety gives up the right to patent the seed, and puts it--and all varieties bred from it in the future--in the public domain.
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"
$3.50
$3.50
Dry Bean, Beef-Bush Black Resilient
$3.80 - $15.00
$3.80 - $15.00

Only a few left!

Dry Bean: Beefy Resilient Grex
$3.60 - $15.80
$3.60 - $15.80

Only a few left!

Brown Resilient Bean
$3.60
$3.60
White Candle Gaucho Bean
$3.60
$3.60
Vibrant Joy Bok Choy Mix
$3.50 - $12.00
$3.50 - $12.00
Vibrant Ultraviolet Bok Choy
$3.50
$3.50

Sold out

Solstice Broccoli
$3.50
$3.50
Festivity Sweet Corn
$3.60 - $12.00
$3.60 - $12.00

Only a few left!

Top Hat Sweet Corn
$3.60 - $24.00
$3.60 - $24.00

Only a few left!

Cascade Ruby-Gold Flint Corn
$3.80 - $14.00
$3.80 - $14.00
Magic Manna Flour Corn
$3.80 - $14.00
$3.80 - $14.00

Only a few left!

Fast Lady Northern Southern Pea
$3.80
$3.80
Siber Frill Kale
$3.50 - $7.00
$3.50 - $7.00
Lacinato Kale, "Wild Garden Strain" (Cavolo Nero, Dinosaur)
$3.50 - $15.00
$3.50 - $15.00

Only a few left!

White Russian Kale
$3.50
$3.50
King Seig Leek
$3.50
$3.50
Emerald Fan Romaine Lettuce
$3.50
$3.50
Lettuce, "Freedom Mix" Genepool
$3.80
$3.80
Hyper Red Rumpled Waved Leaf Lettuce
$3.50
$3.50
Lava Lamp Romaine Lettuce
$3.50
$3.50
Quan Yin Crisphead Lettuce
$3.50 - $8.00
$3.50 - $8.00
Mizpoona Salad Select
$3.50
$3.50
Dragon Tongue Mustard
$3.50
$3.50
Dakota Tears Yellow Storage Onion
$3.50
$3.50

Sold out

Aurora Orach
$3.60
$3.60
Stocky Red Roaster Italian (Sweet) Pepper
$3.50
$3.50
Pepita Pumpkins, Emerald Naked-Seeded Genepool
$3.60
$3.60
Redhead Quinoa
$3.50
$3.50
Goldini II Zucchini Squash
$3.80 - $16.00
$3.80 - $16.00

Only a few left!

Candystick Dessert Delicata Squash
$3.80
$3.80
South Anna Butternut Squash
$3.80
$3.80
Sweet Meat Squash "Oregon Homestead"
$3.80
$3.80
California Sungold Tomato
$3.50
$3.50
Estate Tomato
$3.50
$3.50
Honeydrop Cherry Tomato
$3.30
$3.30
Magic Bullet Cherry Tomato
$3.80
$3.80
Rosita Cherry Tomato
$3.50
$3.50
Scarlet Ohno Turnip
$3.50 - $14.00
$3.50 - $14.00
Blacktail Mountain Early Watermelon
$3.50
$3.50
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      • Beans
      • Beets
      • Broccoli and Cima di Rapa
      • Cabbage
      • Carrots & Roots
      • Celery
      • Chard
      • Corn
      • Cucumber
      • Eggplant
      • Fennel
      • Genepools and Landrace Gardening
      • 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
      • Winter and Greenhouse Vegetables
    • Perennial Vegetable Seeds >
      • About Perennial Vegetables
    • Flower Seeds
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      • Medicinal and Historic Herbs
      • Culinary Herbs (and teas)
      • Herb Collections
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      • Pollinator and Pest Control Mixes
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    • 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)
    • New for 2025
    • Plant for Spring >
      • Spring Vegetables
      • Spring Herbs & Flowers
      • Spring Grains
      • Seeds that Need Winter Cold
      • Fast, Fresh Food
    • Plant for Fall >
      • Fall Vegetables
      • ltalian Fall Specialties
      • Herbs and Flowers for Fall
      • Fall Salad Greens
    • Start these Indoors
    • People behind the Seeds >
      • Carol Deppe Varieties
      • Jonathan Spero Varieties
      • Frank Morton Varieties
    • Companion Plants
    • Recipes >
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      • Tomato Recipes
      • Preserving and Fermenting
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