Having a wider choice of vegetables varieties to grow – such as heritage and heirloom varieties – could be the key to increasing climate and food resilience.
Alterations in global temperatures and disruption of regional weather patterns pose a major threat to food security – with growers and gardeners increasingly looking for food crops that can withstand the unpredictable climate.
But heritage varieties, such as those preserved by the Heritage Seed Library – and offered up each December in its annual Seed List – provide a diverse range of heirloom vegetable plants, many of which are better suited to the UK’s warmer and wetter climate.
https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/news/heritage-veg-and-climate-crisis
