Baker Creek vs The Purple Tomato - Did they lie??

In today's video we are discussing the various alleged offenses committed by one Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, and how they got tangled up in controversy again- this time with Norfolk Healthy Produce, makers of The Purple Tomato, a GMO tomato that just hit the market. This marks the first time a GMO seed is available to home gardeners and has many of those gardeners bickering about whether this signals doom or scientific advancement. FedCo Seeds Pays Indigenous Royalties: https://fedcoseeds.com/seeds/seed-breeders-and-keepers.htm Other great seed companies that do good things without funneling money into mission work, not sure about their stance on royalties: https://hudsonvalleyseed.com/ https://uprisingseeds.com https://pinetreegardenseeds.com https://fruitionseeds.com https://trueloveseeds.com The Purple Tomato Sources: Gardeners can now grow a genetically modified purple tomato made with snapdragon DNA https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/02/06/1228868005/purple-tomato-gmo-gardeners https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.1506 Golden Rice (a GMO success): https://med.nyu.edu/departments-institutes/population-health/divisions-sections-centers/medical-ethics/education/high-school-bioethics-project/learning-scenarios/gmos-the-golden-rice-debate#:~:text=Biofortification%20increases%20the%20nutritional%20value,%2C%20immune%20systems%2C%20and%20vision. Baker Creek Sucks In My Opinion Sources: Two Reddit Threads with Lots of Links: https://www.reddit.com/r/gardening/comments/1ase04e/turns_out_the_purple_galaxy_tomato_advertised_by/ https://www.reddit.com/r/gardening/comments/1akcwog/this_looks_shockingly_similar_to_baker_creeks/ BC invites a notorious racist to speak at their event: https://www.rootsimple.com/2019/05/baker-creek-invites-then-un-invites-cliven-bundy-to-speak/ Norfolk's statement on Baker Creek's Purple Galaxy (scroll to bottom): https://www.norfolkhealthyproduce.com/faqs BC's response on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/story.php/?story_fbid=786262910204253&id=100064616536942&paipv=0&eav=AfbjVMMsIE7-17tG5t2QX7GCFISRP1hLQr36oFAqNjnXF_5AKn-UPCC8aW4Zv88VuwE&_rdr ALLEGED theft from Native seed keepers: Pawnee Eagle Corn Info https://www.3newsnow.com/news/local-news/flatwater-free-press-long-thought-extinct-a-native-corn-re-emerges-in-the-heartland Allegedly Stolen BC listing: https://www.rareseeds.com/corn-montana-cudu @linda.black.elk on Instagram who I imagine lives in Jere Gettle’s nightmares: (One of these is their reply to an email about the time they posted on social media “We must protect our Baker Creek borders from killer GMO pollen, so we hired our border patrol chief” and is “from the great klan of corn”. Yes klan with a “k”.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CalYzHDrQ6e/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CnkLj5HLuW_/?hl=en%C2%A0 Cliven Bundy is a POS sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Malheur_National_Wildlife_Refuge Bundy’s thoughts on Black people: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ranchers-nevada-idUSBREA3N29B20140425/ https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2021/01/08/cliven-bundys-comments-capitol-riot-could-prelude-darker-times-experts-warn/6598069002/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/ppvpm7/confronting-cliven-bundy-on-his-racism%5D%C2%A0%C2%A0 Joel Salatin is icky sources: https://sylvanaqua.medium.com/everything-i-want-to-do-is-racist-3ff6a6bb5e01 Joel Salatin even sucks according to his interns: https://oneexperienceofmany.weebly.com/intern-reviews.html =========-------========= Want more content? Check out my Patreon for early, ad-free video access, exclusive bonus videos, and our Patron-only Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pamsprettyplants For one-off donations and other ways to support the channel, consider leaving a Super Thanks or visiting my Ko-Fi page: https://ko-fi.com/pamsprettyplants AFFILIATE LINKS | DISCOUNTS FOR YOU! OLLE garden beds affiliate, check out their amazing galvanized raised garden beds here: https://amzn.to/3PIQuxZ Check out Sow Right Seeds and SAVE 10% with code PAM10 https://sowrightseeds.com/ FTC/Head’s Up! This video is not sponsored. Description may contain affiliate links, which will always be labeled as such. An affiliate link is a referral code so a business knows I sent you, and if you choose to purchase from that business, they will send me a small commission. Thank you for your support, I put this money back into the channel to make more free content! Music acquired from YouTube's free audio library.