THE SEED COOPERATIVE
The Seed Cooperative
FROM SEED TO PLATE
MSPM is a collective committed since 2018 to placing farmer seeds at the heart of a local food system, from seed to plate.
Our goal is to provide you with reproducible, organic, open-pollinated farmer seeds. Species by species, we research varieties and carry out selection work to build a complete professional range and offer it as an alternative to seeds from industrial agriculture. Here, no F1 hybrids or other artificial breeding techniques.
We offer a selection composed of:
- Varieties proven by professional market gardeners.
- Varieties of local interest for the dissemination of cultivated biodiversity in our regions.
- Soon, “Pre-selected Evolutionary Populations” (PEPs), to offer you great genetic diversity for personalized use, and to promote varietal adaptation on your farm.
These are royalty-free seeds, from which you can continue the adaptation work according to your context and cultivation practices, for greater autonomy on your farms.
We believe, and we observe, that with the necessary work, farmer seeds meet the production challenges of market gardeners (productivity, resistance).
Through your purchase, you support farmers who are committed daily to the future of seeds, our common good!
The selection of
OUR SEEDS
Over 100 local, ancestral & preserved varieties. Each variety carries centuries of farmer selection, adapted to the Mediterranean and Alpine terroirs. Here, you’ll find the main varieties and ethnobotanical history of MSPM.
DISCOVER THE SEEDS OF A COLLECTIVE, FARMER-LED, AND ACTIVIST ADVENTURE!
Beyond its work of prospecting cultivated diversity, supporting selection projects, promoting local varieties, and organizing training, MSPM, as part of its associative mission, supports the emergence of the seed cooperative.
We believe that farmer seeds must continue to circulate non-commercially between farmers and gardeners, and for this, you can join the MSPM collective.
However, to disseminate this immense wealth more widely, and with the aim of compensating, at least in part, the incredible daily work of committed farmers for the benefit of all, we actively support the creation of a commercial offer targeted at those who feed us.
The objective is to enable farmers to produce 100% ethical food, using organic, local, and farmer seeds.
What MSPM Does
- Prospecting cultivated diversity in the Alpine and Maralpine regions
- Supporting farmer selection projects
- Promoting local varieties and organizing training
- Supporting the emergence of a professional seed cooperative
- Non-commercial circulation of seeds between farmers and gardeners