Single-generation seed.
Augie, I don’t understand why you are saying Monsanto=devil=single-generation seeds.
Many of the plants you buy at Walmart, K-mart, Home Depot, etc. are hybrids, which are single-generation seeds.
Does that make every hybrid seed company the devil in your opinion? That would include Pioneer, Northern King, Burpee to name a few.
Like pharmaceutcal companies, seed companies spend millions on research and like any other company, they don’t want their patents stolen & research given away for free, so why would they allow for farmers to buy the hybrid seed and then harvest seed and plant free next year?
Farmers are welcome to buy heirloom seed, but they don’t have the engineered resistance to drought, insects, disease, etc. like hybrids.
I like to garden and I use both hybrid and heirloom & I just budget to buy new hybrid seed as I need it. I do like hybrids because I know what I am getting & can get fast growing, seedless, big/small, etc.
Would you really want the GOVERNMENT in charge of seed production and distribution? Because if you are opposed to seed companies being in charge, that is the alternative :(