Organic Seeds Of The Future: Simple Material?

Summary

The day where seeds were considered as “material” in legal text was a decisive moment. Using the word “material” (translated by materiel in French) to define a seed sounds as an oxymoron! It's surprising that the organic sector tolerates the word material in its legislation to name living beings! Semantic drifts and technical drifts are close. Which type of organic seeds do we prepare for the future? Patented seeds, edited seeds, certified seeds, farm seeds, peasant seeds, participatory seeds? It’s time to decide! A simple word may change the way of envisioning plant breeding and it is finally the relationship to the living that is questioned.