Best Seed Companies - not owned by Monsanto or Bayer

It can get confusing to figure out what are the best seed companies when there are SO many options online. Here are the best of the best options – all of them are not affiliated with Monsanto or Bayer.

If you haven’t heard of Monsanto before, then you’ve probably heard about cancer-causing Round-Up. Monsanto owns Round-Up, and it doesn’t stop there. They’re responsible for many controversial GMO’s and chemicals that have been linked to cancer.

When purchasing seeds for your own garden, you’re usually looking for quality seeds that aren’t coming from a company that would be supported by a large one like Monsanto (they were actually acquired by Bayer in 2018, so you want to make sure not to associate with companies linked to Bayer either).

But did you know that they actually own a decent amount of companies that distribute seeds to farmers and home gardeners? I learned this last year when we built our garden, and I was careful to research the places we got seeds from.

Seed companies and the Safe Seed Pledge

Hopefully this post can help be a resource for you as you begin your gardening for this year, and will give you some great ideas of companies that are not associated with Monsanto/Bayer. This will help support small businesses doing business well, and help ensure you have beautiful and healthy crops in your garden this year.

Some of them are organic, some of them are heirloom, and some of them are just well sourced seeds from small businesses who are ethically running their companies.

Companies came together to sign a “Safe Seed Pledge” – which means:

“We pledge that we do not knowingly buy or sell genetically engineered seeds or plants. The mechanical transfer of genetic material outside of natural reproductive methods and between genera, families or kingdoms, poses great biological risks as well as economic, political, and cultural threats.”