Having multiple flavors, textures and nutrition can only come from a population of genetically different plants. This is the way much of our ancestors ate by collecting and growing from large colonies of plants all a little different from each other. Nutrition from a population of plants is more complete with a broader range of nutrients compared to a single selection. Even the wild plants were often kept as a sort of back up to the cultivated selections. The genetic basis of agriculture lies in these wild and ‘unimproved’ plants but not as a last resort like we have now. Today we sneak off with a gene or trait to put it in its modern day version and call it good only to be create another problem left to a future plant breeder. Instead we should use these seed strains or selections as is to encapsulate the population and carry it forward as a whole rather than an individual. This can be done with woody plants as well as finding new species of annuals and perennials that have been forgotten over time. Everything starts with the seed. Having diverse populations of plants grown from seed in a variety of habitats will create better health and well being for humans. That should be our biological legacy not native or non native. Instead world plants represent our world population within the borders of the country the plants are growing.