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The Future · February 16, 2014

Very interesting thread. OP breeders are in this for the love, not the money. I am spending years developing winter squash varieties that will last, taste sweet, grow in cool weather etc. After 10 years of getting a selection to be true to type, I would get $5 for a package of seeds that will be multiplied 1000 times in one season. Yippee. The business model for an OP breeder is a complex one. Weighing the work vs. owning nature and the buyer's replication of it, without a PVP - I haven't see way around that one yet. Perhaps the seedlings and/or processed product registered by the breeder, is the way to go. Until someone cracks this nut, love of the game is all we are in this for.

February 16, 2014	#38
The Future Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Bermuda Posts: 364	Very interesting thread. OP breeders are in this for the love, not the money. I am spending years developing winter squash varieties that will last, taste sweet, grow in cool weather etc. After 10 years of getting a selection to be true to type, I would get $5 for a package of seeds that will be multiplied 1000 times in one season. Yippee. The business model for an OP breeder is a complex one. Weighing the work vs. owning nature and the buyer's replication of it, without a PVP - I haven't see way around that one yet. Perhaps the seedlings and/or processed product registered by the breeder, is the way to go. Until someone cracks this nut, love of the game is all we are in this for. __________________ Wise selfishness is taking care of everyone else so that they don't bring harm to you.