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Hi I am a business journalism student at NYU now working parttime for BusinessWeek.com as a reporter.

I went to a giant pumpkin grower festival in Cooperstown, NY and was really impressed. i felt compelled to do a story and use all my pictures taken there.
I see passionate growers exchanging seeds here, seeds that took them good deal of time and energy to come up..seems that some went so far as to read research papers on genetic studies..

i have few question here:

--did people buy seeds with certain genetic feature for gardening (not jsut pumpkin) from seed companies?
--Do you still buy seed from them? or exchanging seed among peer growers is good enough...

--are you aware of any seed companies seeking out amateur grower and try to buy his/her proprietary seed?

-what kind of impact the amateur growers and the competitive gardening sport have on seed companies, who used to have the monopoly over seeds?
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your reply will save me and my story and all those lovely pictures of giant pumpkins.

any of your thoughts,comments are welcome...

(disclosure: i originally came from China which is a huge market for outstanding seeds from U.S...)

eva

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10/23/2007 11:34:09 AM
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10/23/2007 11:35:05 AM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

You will find most of us will only grow seeds that come direct from the grower who we are friends with or Certified Seeds . Do to the fact it is a seed and easily fabricated to be what ever you wish it to be.

10/23/2007 1:43:20 PM