Starting with the 2026 Spring Season , every new Back to the Roots seed packet will feature a call-to-action for the "Meet Your Farmer" campaign, directing gardeners to an immersive digital experience ...

When Will Bonsall was growing up in Waterville in the 1950s and ’60s, his family lived modestly, and their grocery budgets were often tight. His folks weren’t much for gardening, and what fresh ...

Fanciers of heirloom seeds, also known as “heritage seeds,” have a new Pennsylvania-based source for some of the nation’s rarest and oldest seed varieties. The nonprofit Chester County Roughwood ...

A longtime garden writer shares her go-to sources for flower, veggie, and herb seeds.

Devon resident William Woys Weaver’s longtime mission has been to plant the seed in the minds of Pennsylvanians about the importance of cultivating regional foods. And not only figuratively but ...

P.J. Karlin loves watermelon. But not just any kind of watermelon, like the kind available in a supermarket. An old-fashioned variety tickles his fancy. “They have this particular strain that I’m ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Diane Ott Whealy's Iowa grandparents, who were farmers, swapped seeds with neighbors all the time. With a handful of her grandfather's heirloom morning glory seeds, Whealy and her ...

As personal and professional chefs become more interested in using locally grown and more flavorful produce, Weaver’s 85-year-old seed collection could change the way we eat. Everyone knows what a ...

For the last 20 years, Kingston’s Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul have been the caretakers of almost 300 heirloom seeds. The religious organization has preserved and used the seeds to ...