Growing Pains with Nicholas Flores #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
1:32 | Seed saving
11:37 | The switch from plant breeding to genetic engineering
20:55 | Organic vs GMO
28:11 | Glyphosate
37:18 | Lack of genetic diversity in our crops
44:07 | Conventional farming practices affecting organic producers
48:54 | How they make plants resistant to chemicals
1:01:25 | Organic farmers competing against industrial farmers
1:06:57 | Incentives against being organic