pesticides, herbicides or chemical fertilizers in gardens and on farms that maintain an active soil-building program. 

Fedco is committed to sending the best seed we can at the most reasonable prices possible. To ensure quality they: maintain strict internal procedures to reduce the probability of labeling errors to as close to zero as is humanly possible; maintain extensive variety trials in which we evaluate hundreds of cultivars at multiple sites, field-testing all potential offerings for high performance in our cold climate; maintain a lot grow-out program field-testing lots of some varieties we sell, making observations and taking action to improve quality where needed; conduct trials of the same varieties from several sources so that we can identify and purchase superior strains; identify outstanding regional specialties and heirloom varieties rarely available from commercial channels, select the best for seed multiplication, and grow seed crops for introduction in our catalog; collaborate with artisanal breeders to improve old varieties and help create new ones resistant to disease and adapted to sustainable agriculture; and, purchase quality hybrids grown in optimum climatic conditions by expert seeds people all over the world.