Preserving Genetic Diversity
heirloom seeds, we tend to do what humans often do: We think of our own needs and desires first. We save heirloom cultivars because of their taste, form, and connection to our family or culture. And I’m not one to stand between someone and their favorite tomato; I have a few hundred favorites of my own. But beyond a personal connection, or an affinity for a cultivar’s taste or fragrance, we also keep heirloom cultivars because they’re comprised of genes that allow a species and, more specifically, a cultivar, to adapt to changing conditions in the world around us,
