With the Cumhuriyet Farms Project, ancestral seeds come to life in Turkey

- With the Cumhuriyet Farms Project, ancestral seeds come to life Mayor Arslan "Our farms will contribute to production" BALIKESIR - With the Cumhuriyet Farms Project, which is one of the important projects of Balıkesir's Edremit Mayor Selman Hasan Arslan for agricultural production, ancestral seeds come to life again. Seeds were planted in the nursery of Edremit Municipality in Cikrikci District. The project, which was carried out under the leadership of the Agricultural Services Directorate, is being expanded and diversified this year. The genetically intact ancestral seeds that have adapted to the changing conditions in Edremit for thousands of years and survived until today are meeting with the soil in Edremit. The ancestral seeds passed down from generation to generation enable the people of Edremit to reach healthy food. The ancestral seeds planted in the soil for the first time last year as part of the Cumhuriyet Farms Project are gaining even more diversity this year. ...