There are many social downsides to organic heirloom products, but they are based either on cosmetic issues or convenience. First, the do take a bit more work regarding research for natural pesticides and manual labor, as in hoeing and weeding, rather than herbicides, so as hours go, organic can be more expensive. If one is doing this as a business, that mostly accounts for the added expense of organic produce. If one is doing it for home use and their own family, there is really no reason to not raise organic produce. If one is going to use commercial herbicides and pesticides, it would seem the purpose is already lost, might as well go to the retailers.
As for heirloom varieties, I really don't have anything against some of the hybrids, other than the seeds from the produce are unpredictable, and now with patents on some hybrids, there may be some regulation regarding the seeds that are produced, so I prefer heirloom. Heirloom seeds will reproduce themselves after their kind, as stated in Genesis 1:11,12. Heirloom seeds can be shared. I did some checking before beginning this new section in the Goshen Gazette, because I wanted to share some seeds with the Executive Administrator. I made sure there were no laws against sharing seeds. So far, praise YHWH, there are none! We've had a great time building our gardens, sharing ideas, and hopefully building a seed network, that is unaffected by GMO, pesticides and herbicides.
And G-d said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and G-d saw that it was good. Torah of Holy Scripture
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