Wheeeeeeee!! Thanks for the seeds #bakercreekseedcompany

#germination #peppers #lettuce #flowers

A reminder that Baker Creek / Rareseeds are a bunch of right wing nutjobs. And this post will explain why.

First, second, and third, they just regularly utilize racist tropes and stereotypes to sell seeds.

Nextly, at their yearly "buy our seeds" festival in 2019 they were going to invite Cliven Bundy as a guest speaker.

If that name sounds familiar, he is a fascist right wing crazy who got into an armed standoff with the federal government for illegally grazing his cattle on public land, claimed his family has rights to the land and bulldozed an indigenous Paiute site and wildlife sanctuary.

It was only after this completely blew up on social media that they took him off their guest speaker list.

If you're looking for a reputable seed supplier, look elsewhere.

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One of my favorite things to do around #solstice time is scour the seed catalogs and start planning for the upcoming year’s garden. 😂 @Jillianmarisa is playing this year too. We generally get our seed from #BakerCreek since they are only ~150 miles from the #KC area. #gardening #gardener #bakercreekseedcompany

@Lucy_Brewer #BakerCreekSeedCompany

While #BakerCreekSeedCompany tried to #FreeSpeech their way out of the whole thing, their whole argument just fell flat for me. Quite frankly, you don't platform #WhiteSupremacists unless you, at a bare minimum, don't find their views completely repugnant. Which means you, too, believe in #WhiteSupremacy. So yes, they've got a lovely catalog and an amazing selection of heirloom seeds, but considering the implications of that incident, I will never buy from them again.

Not only was Bundy involved in a 2014 armed standoff with the government over his refusal to pay the ridiculously low fees charged for his use of public grazing lands, his son Ammon attacked and occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon two years later, causing willful damage to protected wetlands and also initiating an armed standoff with the government.

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#WhiteSupremacy
#Extremism

The other day I saw a repost of someone's #BakerCreekSeedCompany catalog, and it's gnawed at me a bit that people still seem to be unaware of their intent to platform violent white nativist Cliven Bundy at an in-person event at their HQ back in 2019. #WhiteSupremacy

https://www.rootsimple.com/2019/05/baker-creek-invites-then-un-invites-cliven-bundy-to-speak/

The other day I saw a repost of someone's #BakerCreekSeedCompany catalog, and it's gnawed at me a bit that people still seem to be unaware of their intent to platform violent white nativist Cliven Bundy at an in-person event at their HQ back in 2019.

https://www.rootsimple.com/2019/05/baker-creek-invites-then-un-invites-cliven-bundy-to-speak/

Chocolate cherry sunflower grown from seeds at #bakercreekseedcompany

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I know what I’m going to be doing all weekend. #Gardening #Permaculture #SeedCatalog #BakerCreekSeedCompany #GrowYourOwnFood #GrowWhatYouEat #VegetableGarden