Solving the need for seed

Seed is incredibly valuable. Throughout history, most everything we’ve considered food either came from a seed, or was fed by something that came from a seed. Fruits and vegetables? Those are obvious answers. But what about the wheat that becomes bread and pasta? Or the grasses that feed the cattle, which provides us with meat? Milk, eggs, cereal, bacon, orange juice- every balanced breakfast, every balanced meal for that matter, is dependent on seeds somewhere down the line. Even the fats and oils present in many processed foods likely came from a seed.

To put It bluntly- without seeds, we could not survive. However, in the fast-paced, highly-processed modern society, this fact is hardly given a second thought, and seeds often go misunderstood and underappreciated. Just looking at a box of cheesy puffs it’s no wonder that people have forgotten where their food comes from.

This extreme convenience and abundance is not globally represented however, and there are still 795 million people suffering from undernourishment according to the United Nations. What’s even more tragic, is they also conclude that 45% of deaths in children under five is also caused by poor nutrition. 

-Ray Baglietto
Founder and Devoted Gatherer of Seeds to the World

Many communities are remotely located or without the resources to purchase affordable, wholesome food. Transporting enough food internationally to feed a community for a year requires large volumes with expensive transit costs. In addition, fresh food like fruits and veggies that provide the most needed and valuable nutrients, have a much shorter shelf life, and create the added pressure of time constraints.

This is where seeds come in. Light and compact in volume, tons of future produce can literally be shipped in just a few pounds of seed. One pound of tomato seed can produce 30-40 tons of tomatoes; a pound of lettuce seed can expect 400,000 heads of lettuce. This greatly increases the number of people reached, also providing them with a much greater volume of self-sustainable food well into the future. And because seeds are dormant in their packaged state, there’s much less concern about time limits or freight conditions during shipping.

Delivering these little powerhouses of nutrients to those in need along with the proper education for cultivating the plants is a more affordable, responsible, and environmentally friendly way of combating global hunger and poverty. There is always a need for seed; join Seeds to the World on our journey to fulfill it.