A Guide for Shopping for Canadian Pepper Seeds
Are you looking to grow Canadian Seeds?
We'd like to offer some tips and tricks for your search in Canadian seed producers to help you verify what you're getting, and navigate keeping your grow Canadian.
Before we start, we wanted to say that all of the seeds we sell are grown by us, in Canada. We wanted to highlight the different tricks used by some "Canadian Seed Suppliers" to show that sometimes what you're supporting is not as Canadian as you think. We see discussion online about supporting Canadian seeds but consumers are unaware that oftentimes, the seeds are not sourced from Canadian growers but from other countries. Some Canadian seed suppliers will not share the source of their seeds on their packaging, and either stamp 'packed in Canada' or have no literature at all. Company websites won't always reveal the source of their seeds either.
Searching for Canadian Jalapeno seeds? Lets see how other vendors stack up to true Canadian seeds, and why it's important to understand the differences.
We have changed the names of the companies below, the factual details can be confirmed by contacting the companies directly.
Jalapeno Seeds
Overt Seed Company (OSC)
✅ 'Packaged In Canada' on Label
❌ Grown in Canada
❌ Directly Supports Canadian Farms
"Thank you for your interest in OSC Seeds, I would be happy to help you with this today. This year’s 1930 Jalapeno seed was produced in the United States."
What Coast Seeds (WCS)
✅ 'Packaged In Canada' on Label
❌ Grown in Canada
❌ Directly Supports Canadian Farms
"Thank you for reaching out to us. Supplier information is proprietary and we can not share this information."
Pepper Merchant
✅ Packaged In Canada, Shipped Globally
✅ Grown in Canada by our own Family
✅ Directly Supports a Canadian Farm & Family
Hi, yes this is us.
We take great pride in saying we grow, harvest, and package our seeds. Proceeds from our seeds go back into the next years grow so we can continue to explore and develop new and interesting varieties.
We are not suggesting you only buy from one country or another, however if you are looking to shop local and really want to support farms in your country we suggest you look into local seed providers who actually produce the products they sell.