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What about the part where seeds have to be sterile and can't be saved? That has Monsanto all over it.

Unless this is a valid way to improve food safety...

Sterilized, not sterile. Some bacteria and fungi thrive in seed collections if they get moist. Sterilization ensures you aren't then planting these seeds and allowing the bacteria/fungi to grow over and throughout the crop.

So you perform the sterilization yourself? How costly/difficult is it, and do small farms normally practice this right now?

Is it really that big of an issue in terms of food safety? (I know nothing about farming or plants).

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