Why our Methods Matter

Benefits of FFSC Seed

What it means for Family Farmers Seed Cooperative seed to be organic, open pollinated, public domain, and how this benefits our customers and the ecosystem

Benefits of Our Business & Farming Models

We've taken deliberate steps to align our business model and farming methods with the attributes that define our seed, namely the principles behind organic agriculture, the evolutionary processes of open pollination, and the democracy underlying seed sovereignty and public domain seed. These approaches include farmer direct sales, a cooperative business structure, quality and improvement measures, bioregional distribution, biodiversity and appropriate scale farming. help our customers and the planet while fostering thriving business and farms for our members.

Seed Industry History