The Open Plant Breeding Foundation is evolving!  We aim to be the place for organic growers who want to join a plant breeding project.  This is the next evolutionary step beyond seed-saving and heritage varieties: public plant breeding.

We are working to create new plant breeding projects.  We want to have as many people as possible to be able to participate, so they need to be designed so that most amateur gardeners will be able to join.  Please help us create these new projects.  Join our Breeding Methods forum, the 2010 Projects topic.  Help create truly participatory breeding projects. 

Using a combination of leading-edge science and time-honoured growing techniques, our goal is to produce commercially-viable crop varieties of exceptional quality, that also have a high degree of pest and disease resistance.

We ultimately plan to provide commercially-viable crop varieties to the general public in order to produce pesticide-free crops and reduce the global dependence on crop protection chemicals. As a volunteer, you will also welcome to keep any results of your breeding efforts for your own use.  Maybe you will discover a new variety; you get to name it!

Have a look through our plant-breeding wiki, online glossary and our plant breeding discussion forums, and be sure to check out our Get Involved! page.