How to Help the Preservation of Rare Breeds

Buy local varieties

Buying local varieties of fruit and vegetables will help to prevent them being replaced by their standardized big-business counterparts.

Use a seed bank

Some organic farming and gardening associations maintain seed banks which preserve old varieties of cultivated plants for the future. Joining an association will allow you to grow and exchange unusual and valuable seeds.

Rare breeds preservation societies

A number of organizations now exist to safeguard the future of rare farm animal breeds.