"Jared Zystro is Organic Seed Alliance’s research and education assistant director. He has an M.S. and Ph.D. in plant breeding and plant genetics from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he studied efficient methods of developing new organic sweet corn varieties." Be on the lookout for the Humboldt Permaculture Guild's Seed and Plant Exchange in March 2023.
0:00 | Start
1:36 | Seed saving
11:41 | The switch from plant breeding to genetic engineering
20:59 | Organic vs GMO
28:15 | Glyphosate
37:22 | Lack of genetic diversity in our crops
44:11 | Conventional farming practices affecting organic producers
48:59 | How they make plants resistant to chemicals
1:01:29 | Organic farmers competing against industrial farmers
1:07:01 | Incentives against being organic
