Albert Lea Seed House 2018 Organic Seed Guide | Page 4

O R G A N I C
S E E D
G U I D E
2 0 1 8
VIKING CORN AND OUR COMMITMENT
TO SEED PURITY
At Albert Lea Seed, we know how important seed purity
can be to you. We know that if you don’t start with
clean seed, you can’t meet the demands of some grain
buyers who are demanding grain that is nearly free of
the adventitious presence of GE (Genetic Engineering) or
GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms). In accordance
with the National Organic Program (NOP), we have a
rigorous Organic System Plan in place to prevent the
GE or GMO contamination of all our organic seed corn
production. These are some of the steps we have taken:
1 Committed significant resources to the testing and
development of new inbred corn lines specifically to
Viking Organic PURE
and ULTRA PURE Hybrids
For those of you needing a purity guarantee
on your organic seed corn, Viking has
launched two new labels which, through
production and testing, will guarantee the
purity of the seed you are planting. Viking
Seed Corn not carrying either of these labels
will not have guaranteed purity.
produce organic hybrids.
2 Tested all inbred corn seed for
the presence of GMOs.
3 Contracted the production of
organic hybrid corn seed with
experienced organic seed
growers who do not have
“parallel” production of GMO
hybrids.
4 Isolated organic seed
corn production fields
geographically.
5 Isolated o