TERRA® Vegetable Chips Partners with Seed Savers Exchange to Further Its Commitment to Preserving Vegetable Diversity
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"As modern agriculture begins to dominate our food supply with a focus on crop yield, we want to preserve those artisanal vegetable varietals, with the vibrant colors and intriguing flavors that make our blends so distinctive." said
The TERRA® donation will support Seed Savers Exchange's efforts to maintain their collection of heirloom and open-pollinated seeds. In 2013, they grew out over 1,300 different varieties of vegetables to regenerate seed stocks and to evaluate them for culinary and garden use.
"We are excited to team up with TERRA® to share our story with consumers who appreciate and value food diversity. The variety of vegetable ingredients in their products aligns with our goal to maintain a genetically diverse food supply for the earth," said
Seed Savers Exchange is the largest non-governmental seed bank of its kind and has been protecting food supply and cultural heritage through the collecting, growing and sharing of heirloom seeds and plants for the past 38 years.
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TERRA® Vegetable Chips combine the beautiful colors and delicious flavors of the earth's own vegetables into a perfect crunchy snack. After two decades, the intimate process of crafting our chips remains with over 20 different varieties and flavors that are truly distinctive by nature. TERRA® Chips are cooked only in expeller pressed oils, made with non-GMO ingredients, and are gluten free and certified kosher. TERRA® is a brand of The
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Seed Savers Exchange
Seed Savers Exchange is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to the preservation and distribution of heirloom seeds. Seed Savers maintains a collection of thousands of open-pollinated varieties, making it one of the largest non-governmental seed banks of its kind in
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Sam Garfinkel, Hain Celestial, Senior Brand Manager, Snacks, 516-587-5278, Sam.Garfinkel@hain.com; Mark Vanhook, Capstrat, 919-745-3689, mvanhook@capstrat.com