Veggie seed sales up, credit down

Economic gray skies have given rise to brisk vegetable seed sales as “grow your own” also means belt tightening in tough times. Vegetable seeds are now more popular than flower seeds in the UK, with sales up a reported 60 percent. Also fueling the jump in retail food-crop seed sales, industry exports say, is the local food movement and a desire by consumers to know exactly where the fare on their platter comes from. Full story