#seed savers

[thors-daughtersthoughts]

Indigenous farmers are 'rematriating' centuries-old seeds to plant a movement https://www.popsci.com/environment/indigenous-farmers-rematriation/

Indigenous farmers are 'rematriating' centuries-old seeds to plant a movement

In the "rematriation" movement, Indigenous farmers retrieve centuries-old seeds from museums and plant them in ancestral lands for tribal ju

[smart-ass-herbalism]

Centuries After Their Loss and Theft, Native American Seeds Are Reuniting With Their Tribes

They are being recovered from seed banks, university vaults, and museum shelves.

THE SQUASH HAD TRAVELED A thousand miles to rest quietly on Henrietta Gomez’s arms. The elder farmer from Taos Pueblo, a 1,000-year-old Indigenous town in northern New Mexico, held the light-green vegetable like a baby. Before that bright October morning, it had been several decades since the people of Taos Pueblo had seen a squash like the one in Henrietta’s arms, even though it had been part of the town’s diet since time immemorial.

Along with a seed bundle, the squash had been shipped from Decorah, Iowa, where it had been planted in the gardens of Seed Savers Exchange, the nonprofit that found the variety among the 30,000 kinds of seeds in its seed bank. Rowen White, an Indigenous seed keeper and the chair of the nonprofit’s board, had personally shipped the giant seed-and-squash-filled box a few days before.

[virginiastrawberry]

I grew some miniature strawberry popcorn! Isn’t she cute?

I’ve never grown corn before, let alone tiny red popcorn. I might be hooked!

[farmer-v]

Collecting seed from poppies, calendula, marigold, and orach

[elreinodelpurgatorio]

Stop obsessing over heirloom seeds and let plants change

An ‘heirloom mixologist’ says the focus on preserving seeds ignores the possibilities of more vigorous and healthy plants

"There is a 10,000-plus-year history of deep seed-people relationships that have largely been broken in the last few hundred years of industrialization and the last few decades of corporate genetic modification."

Mostly for my personal reference but a wonderful read if anyone wants to and can.

[tinyshe]

The Seeds of Vandana Shiva Trailer Official [brave woman who is taking on corp giants]

[movingtothefarm]

Heirloom seeds from Seed Savers Exchange. Buy rare, organic seeds and support our nonprofit mission to preserve garden diversity. Free catalog.

[rudejasper]

And with this beauty (my favorite), the seed catalog season begins. Wheeeeeeee!