Plant swaps help save seeds, build community, preserve biodiversity, protect food sovereignty, and encourage a new generation ...

A seed-saving workshop is scheduled for March 25 at the Library Study Center, where participants will learn techniques for collecting and preserving seeds from […] ...

Natalie Aird, seed bank inventory coordinator at Seed Savers Exchange, organizes packets in a facility at the organization's farm in Decorah, Iowa. Often described as the Nobel of food and agriculture ...

Mike Bollinger of Decorah, Iowa, was recently named as executive director of Seed Savers Exchange by its board of directors. Bollinger has served on the board of Midwest Organic and Sustainable ...

Oregon State University Extension gives three reasons to save seed. First, some seed companies have dropped older heirloom varieties in favor of newer hybridized or patented ones (more on this later).

Generations of Indigenous peoples worldwide worked for thousands of years with wild plants to produce the foods that sustain us today. Seed is the first link in the food chain, a 10,000-year-old ...

Saving seeds from vegetable and ornamental plants allows gardeners the ability to preserve "desirable" traits, ensure availability of favorite plant (vegetable or ornamental) varieties, and save money ...