I got my tomato seeds in from Seed Savers...

Http://www.seedsavers.org is an organization attempting to keep over 25,000 varieties of vegetables from going extinct due to the mono-crop nature of "modern" agriculture.

Basically, most large farms these days only grow a few varieties of vegetables, ones that look good on the grocery store shelves and resist spoilage longer. These varieties are not bred for taste or nutrition. This is why tomatoes don't taste like they did when you were a child. It's not your taste buds getting old, it's the food you're eating getting more tasteless.

I received 50 seeds each of Czech's Bush tomato, Black Krim tomato, and Isis Candy Cherry tomato.



These three types of tomato all take less than 80 days from transplant to fruit bearing, which is why I chose to grow them in Illinois.

Biodiversity and local foods. It's a start. Now to get the seedlings started.

Dan