#105 - Jared Zystro

"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