About us

In 1987, long time friends, Ted Willard and Dennis McGlynn decided to put their agricultural and sales expertise together and go into the seed company business for themselves. Their goal was to create a line of high quality, chemical-free seed products at a reasonable price. Since then, NE Seed has provided commercial growers and home gardeners with the vegetable, flower, and herb seed varieties they need at the farm and at the table. Conventional, Organic, Heirloom and Hybrid seed varieties are carefully chosen and tested for quality before they can carry the NE Seed label.

Commercial Growers buy Seeds from us to satisfy the selection, yield and quality they are looking for.

In 2007, after 20 years in business for both companies, NE Seed and D. Palmer Seed merged. The result of this merger created NE Seed’s sister company DP Seeds LLC. DP Seeds LLC. is a commercial hybrid vegetable seed company dedicated to providing seeds of the highest quality to commercial vegetable growers worldwide. Their close relationships with independent breeders enables them to offer dependable, proven hybrid seeds with features such as such as improved disease resistance, increased uniformity and higher yields.

NE Seed offers the vegetable, flower & herb seed varieties consumers expect from a quality seed company.

This merger has given both companies added strength in the market and provides us the capabilities to directly ask our breeders to add market specific varieties. We are dedicated to bringing you products that our growers and independent breeders have as their vision, not ours. NE Seed will continue to market and be the liaison between you the grower and our breeding partners. You can find DP Seeds vegetable seed varieties right in our printed catalog and on neseed.com. Commercial growers and seed distributors can find DP Seeds LLC. current and upcoming varieties on www.dpseeds.com.

Most DP Seeds varieties have No Organic Equivalent and are available as Untreated seeds for many organic programs.

NE Seed is proud to be a NO-GMO Seed Company.

Our Safe Seed Promise   

We recognize the importance of supporting and maintaining the genetic
diversity of plants for the benefit of future generations and the health of
our planet. To that end, we promise to not knowingly buy, sell, or trade any
genetically engineered seed or seed produced from genetically engineered
plants. That is our promise to you, our valued customers.