Regional vegetable seed systems critical to building resilience

摘要

"Due to overwhelming demand, our turnaround time is longer than expected." "We thank you for your patience." "We are so sorry, but these varieties are out of stock."Visit any vegetable seed company's website this year and you'll see some kind of message to this effect due to an overwhelming demand for vegetable seed. The pandemic has upended so many systems we previously took for granted, and the vegetable seed system is no different. While this increased demand has generated strong revenue growth for seed companies, it has brought to light some of the complexities of how our vegetable seed is produced.