Back then, the seed cleaning business was known widely as Sunny K Seeds, officially established in 1984 on the family farm ...

said seed sales across its retail outlets had risen 20% in February compared to the same month last year. Separately Mr Fothergill's Seeds said online sales had jumped by nearly 50% last month.

Amazon says it has banned foreign sales of seeds in the US after thousands of Americans received unsolicited packets of seeds in the mail, most from China. The online retail giant told the BBC ...