Ontario Certified Organic Peanut Seeds

Peanuts are native to South America and have been a staple crop for millenia.

Peanuts are considered a top survival, sufficiency garden crop - according to Purdue University Alternative Field Crops Manual: "A pound of peanuts is high in food energy and provides approximately the same energy value as 2 pounds of beef, 1.5 pounds of Cheddar cheese, 9 pints of milk, or 36 medium-size eggs (Woodroof, 1983)"

Peanuts are high in fat.  In fact, they are classified as oilseeds. A large proportion of the world’s peanut harvest is used for making peanut oil (arachis oil).

The fat content ranges from 44–56% and mainly consists of mono- and polyunsaturated fat, most of which is made up of oleic and linoleic acids

Most of the world's peanuts are grown in climates much warmer than those in Canada, namely - Southern USA, India etc.     Peanuts need 3000 corn heat units and at least 120 days frost free growing to be productive.    

Using Ontario (Canadian) grown seed can give you a leg up by using seed that is already adapted to our climate. 

These Peanuts that have a multigenerational lineage growing in Ontario - albeit in Canadian Hardiness  Zone 7 - grown near Pelee Island on ecologically stewarded small scale hobby farm!  Hand Harvested!

We are growing some in our trial beds for our collaborative seed farm in Midland, Ontario.

How well will your peanuts grow?   Lettuce know!

Sources:

https://extension.usu.edu/yardandgarden/research/peanuts-in-the-garden

https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/peanut.html

https://www.countryliving.com/gardening/a36178529/growing-peanuts/

https://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/CropOp/en/spec_fruit/nuts/pean.html

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods/peanuts#nutrition