From https://www.row7seeds.com/ Robin’s koginut squash

What do I know about seeds? Barely nothing until I started teaching a course on food systems. I’ve become increasingly more concerned about our food. I came across the Row 7 Seed Company and their quest to produce food that tastes good. You see, the use of synthetic fertilizer, while it increases growth rate and pesticide resistance, also increases greenhouse gases and causes plants to make more carbohydrate.  Plants are bigger but less nutritious and lack a robust flavor you’d remember if you were alive in the 40’s and 50’s. Row-7 breeds seeds for favor and color rather than size, and they don’t patent their seeds – something companies like Monsanto do with negative effects on farmers. The company is working with chefs around the country to create food that tastes good.

“Part of the goal of the company is not only to increase the flavor of vegetables: It’s to look at how we, as chefs, can change the culture of eating,” said Mr. Barber, who started Row 7 with the seedsman Matthew Goldfarb and the plant breeder Michael Mazourek.”

I purchased koginut squash, the 898 squash, the badger flame beet, and the experimental cucumber. I couldn’t be more excited to grow something plant researchers spent a good deal of their time perfecting without prioritizing financial benefit. What’s great is consumers like you and me can purchase packets for as little as $7. What’s not to like?