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Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds eOur 22nd Annual Pure Seed Book! The Amazing 2019 Takane Ruby free shipping n rareseeds.com Buckwheat on all North American orders! Special Special Offer free shipping for 2019! Offer “...the Indiana Satisfaction Jones of Seeds.” GUARANTEED -The New York Times Magazine for 2 years! Welcome To The Whole Seed Catalog! Dear Gardening Friends, (13) and Cyan William Gettle (3). These children we saw the Bayer takeover of Monsanto, com- have blessed our lives beyond measure and are bining two of the world’s biggest producers of We are excited to share our 22nd annual listing gentle spirits who face life with smiles and a dangerous chemical products and corporately of rare seeds. We hope you enjoy reading the big sense of humor that delight our hearts and controlled GMO seed. Their products not only incredible stories of the world’s heirloom seed make us so thankful we were able to bring them include seeds and farm chemicals but many treasures. Seeds that not only grow amazing home on Christmas Day 2017. Sasha and Malia personal products like aspirin and sunscreen. produce and flowers but also tell the story of our love their new family and love teaching and Please remember these combined companies’ food, and how it has traversed the globe, from learning new words in both languages. Please past role in Nazi Germany and in products like neighbor to neighbor and is still bringing people support adoption; it is a wonderful life changing Agent Orange. together both in the garden and at the kitchen experience! Please support your local farms and busi- table. Be part of this long tradition and save some Of course while we were in China, I had to nesses and make sure your food dollars are seeds to pass on to your family and friends! keep my eye out for new seed varieties. So ex- supporting the good, fair, and healthy. We are happy to offer free shipping. That is pect new selections from this ancient country in right--no shipping or handling charges! And future catalogs, as well as from the dozen or so Please stop by for a visit or attend one of no minimum order, either! We want to make countries that our team travels to each year. This our festivals. We love meeting fellow gardeners! heirloom seeds available to all--any time you need year we are so excited to introduce varieties like Thank you for supporting our seed dreams, and them--and we will strive to ship most orders with- a true pink celery and black goji berries from we hope you have an incredible gardening year! in hours after we receive them! Thank you so much China, pearly white bitter melons and 2-foot- for supporting our family business. We will strive long carrots from Japan, loads of new peppers, God Bless! to offer you the most exciting seeds we can find. and so much more! Jere, Emilee, Ella (13), Sasha (11), Malia (5), This last year has been incredibly busy for It is our passion and mission to continue to & Cyan (3) Gettle our family. Not only did we discover many “new” save and share these treasures that are endan- selections for this catalog, but we also expanded gered thanks to mega-farming and continued PS, please “Like” us on facebook for all the our family with the adoption of two wonderful consolidation of our food supply. This last year latest varieties, recipes and cool photos! children from China. Meet Ella May Ying Zhi Gettle 2 About Our Seed Company Visit Our Stores Jere with the 1982 harvest MANSFIELD, MISSOURI HEADQUARTERS WETHERSFIELD, CONNECTICUT JERE GETTLE always had a passion for growing things, Come enjoy the beautiful Ozark hills and our HEIRLOOM MARKET AT COMSTOCK FERRE and at age 3 he planted his first garden. Ever since, farm and pioneer village; shop seeds, see The historic Comstock Seed property is he wanted to be involved in the seed industry. So in gardens, animals and the village. Eat at our owned and being restored by the Gettle 1998, at the age of 17, he printed the first Baker Creek Heirloom Seed catalog. The company has grown to restaurant that is open for lunch, Monday - family. It is now being transformed into not offer nearly 2,000 varieties of vegetables, flowers and Friday. Learn firsthand about what we do. only a seed store but also a natural foods herbs—the largest selection of heirloom varieties in Directions: We are located 45 miles east of market and cafe by our friends, Spiro and the USA. Springfield, Missouri. Take Hwy 60 to Mans- Julia Koulouris, who own the business and Baker Creek carries one of the largest selections of currently operate the entire property. seeds from the 19th century, including many Asian and field, and at the 2nd exit, turn north on Hwy European varieties. The company has become a tool to 5. Go 1½ miles to London Road. Turn left on Heirloom Market at Comstock Ferre is promote and preserve our agricultural and culinary heri- London Road, then follow signs. Hours: Mon- located at 263 Main St. Wethersfield. Phone: tage. Our company and seeds have been featured in The day-Friday, 8 am - 4 pm. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 860-257-2790 www.ComstockFerre.com New York Times, The Associated Press, Oprah Magazine, NPR, Martha Stewart, The Wall Street Journal, and many p.m. Closed Saturdays & major holidays. Come others. Gardeners can request a free color catalog. Our enjoy all that the Ozarks region has to offer! catalogs now distribute to over 700,000 gardeners na- Phone: 417-924-8917 Join us on tionally. Baker Creek started hosting festivals in 2000 as a way to bring gardeners, homesteaders and natural food en- Facebook thusiasts together to exchange ideas and seeds, to listen We now have 630,000 to speakers and to enjoy vendors, old-time music and much more. These festivals gave birth to the idea for our “Likes” on facebook! Like us for pioneer village, Bakersville. Other projects include our recipes, special offers, & cool photos! trial gardens that we grow each year, seed collecting ex- peditions, and educational produce exhibits. Over the last several years, Jere Gettle and his wife Emilee have branched out into other related projects, as well. They have also expanded into a lo- cation in Sonoma County, CA, in the beautiful town of Petaluma and are continuing with the restoration and preservation of the landmark Wethersfield, CT, Comstock, Ferre & Company, the oldest continuously operating seed company in New England. The Gettles have published two books with Hy- perion. These books feature heirloom vegetables and PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA SEED BANK their work with seeds and food. After publishing The New Location at : 110 Petaluma Blvd. Heirloom Life Gardener in 2011, they released The Baker North. (One block away from old location) Creek Vegan Cookbook in 2012. We look forward to seeing you at our new Jere and Emilee also work extensively to supply location where we will be offering a full se- free seeds to many of the world’s poorest countries, as well as here at home in school gardens and other lection of our seeds and gardening supplies Also Follow Us On educational projects. It is their goal to educate located still in beautiful and historic Petalu- Instagram and Twitter! everyone about a better, safer food supply and fight ma, California. We are in beautiful Sonoma gene-altered Frankenfood and the companies that County, and just 45 minutes north of San Printed on recycled paper: support it. Fransisco. We also host the National Heir- please recycle and pass this loom Expo in nearby Santa Rosa, California book on to friends! BAKER CREEK HEIRLOOM SEED CO. each September. Come visit us! 2278 Baker Creek Rd. Mansfield, MO 65704 Open: Sunday-Friday. Closed Saturdays & Phone: 417-924-8917 [email protected] major holidays. Phone: 707-773-1336 LOVEJoin our SEEDS? Team! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter! Send your resume to [email protected] More varieties of seed available at www.rareseeds.com 3 traditional corn is a true superfood OUR STUDY SHOWS GMO’S ARE GREATLY LACKING IN PROTEIN Heirloom Corn Versus, GMO Corn By Shannon McCabe Corn is an ancient and sacred crop of the Americas. This plant We tested 46 heirloom We tested 4 GMO/ has taken root across the globe, influencing cultures and cuisines hybrid corn samples worldwide. A richly diverse crop, corn has been bred to display corn samples with an a rainbow of colors in an array of sizes and shapes. Corn, also average 9.91% Protein. with an average only referred to as maize, has become a staple agricultural crop with 7.10% Protein. an abundance of uses. For thousands of years, Meso-American cultures have considered Traditional corn has 28% more protein than the average corn a sacred crop and a pillar of civilization. Sadly, agricultural GMO food/feed corn in our study, meaning you have to eat 28% industrialization is threatening much of its diversity. more on average to get the same nutrition. Modern GMO food is full The richly diverse and nutritious crop that sustained the Americas of empty carbs and calories, but greatly lacking in real nutrients. has become a homogenized commodity crop. Corn is a crop that exemplifies the strength and importance of diversity, it has GMO Corn Is Hard To Study: universities are been hijacked for mass production. The thousands of uniquely colorful, nutrient-dense, Native American varieties are now funded by the GMO Lobby considered rare and arcane.