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Arguably the progenitor of small grain agriculture in the fertile crescent. Maslins are the understudied solution to many problems. The oldest research paper I can find on them is from 1995. Between then and now there have been few papers or articles. Now only commercially cultivated in a few pockets of the world, they were once one of the foundations of most food systems. Ethiopia and Georgia are the two areas still practicing maslin growing at a larger scale. India, Portugal and the United States are also doing smaller studies. A group of researchers from Cornell and Addis Ababa University...

 The focus at Green Witch Seeds has always been on open pollination and heirloom seeds. In the background we're always playing around with hybrids and attempting localized landrace strains.   When it comes to locally adapted varieties you cant beat land race cultivars. We've had some progeny with a third of the water demands and twice the harvest crossing about a dozen english cultivars with four old coloured North American varieties. One of the most beautiful sunflowers we've developed is a cross between an indeterminate amount of varieties. Its a self sower, resembles mones but with more burgundy hues typically grows...