Open Source Seed Initiative (OSSI)

                                                                                                                        

Mission:

The Open Source Seed Initiative (OSSI) is dedicated to maintaining fair and open access to plant genetic resources worldwide in order to ensure the availability of germplasm to farmers, gardeners, breeders, and communities of this and future generations.

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Vision:

The Open Source Seed Initiative (OSSI) engages in education and outreach that promotes sharing rather than restricting access to plant germplasm, recognizes and supports the work of plant breeders of all kinds, and supports a diversified and decentralized seed industry. The core strategy for achieving these goals is the dissemination and propagation of the OSSI Pledge and of OSSI-Pledged varieties, both of which preserve the rights of farmers, gardeners, and breeders to freely use, save, replant, and improve seed of OSSI-Pledged material.

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Pledge:

You have the freedom to use these OSSI-Pledged seeds in any way you choose. In return, you pledge not to restrict others’ use of these seeds or their derivatives by patents or other means, and to include this pledge with any transfer of these seeds or their derivatives.  Find more information about OSSI on the web at osseeds.org

 

We currently offer the following OSSI-pledged varieties:

Jester lettuce, Candystick Dessert Delicata winter squash,  Butternut Early Remix, Double Density lettuce,  Hyper Red Rumple Waved lettuce, Sweet Dakota Rose watermelon,  Flashback calendula, Dazzling Blue Kale, Solstice Broccoli