From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I:
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Although free seed distribution programs were immensely popular among farmers, emerging private seed breeders and horticulturalists lobbied the federal government to end the program in 1924. The shift toward commercialization of seed began in earnest. Source: Philip H. per planted acre of seed in 1990 paid $93.48
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