Heirloom Veggies

Tonight, I did a presentation at Green Mountain Conservation Group (www.gmcg.org) on heirloom veggies. 
We specialize in organic heirloom here at Cloverleaf Farm, and I wanted to share the knowledge that I have found over the last several years of farming.
Heirloom vegetables are known as old fashioned or vintage vegetables. They are vegetables grown from seeds that have been passed down from one generation to the next.
Heirloom varieties are open pollinated, which means they are pollinated by insects or the wind, and will produce “true” the following season if seeds are saved. True means that the offspring will be the same as the parent. With hybrids, you never know what you will get the following year, if you get anything.
By planting heirloom veggies and saving the seed you will be helping to safeguard the genetic pool of our vegetables of old—and hence the food supply of our future generations.
All who attended seemed to have a good time. After the presentation we enjoyed some of my home made tomato preserves with crackers and our own apple cider.