Saving Seeds for Resilient Local Systems
Southern SARE
“Although the full economics of seed growing is a little unclear in the Southeast and further research is required, the Utopian Seed Project believes that developing regional seed hubs to directly support farmers is important and the logical next step. The formation of the Appalachian Seed Growers Collective is a step in this direction, and they aim to expand this work to ensure that regionally grown seeds are available to regional farmers, supporting both seed growers and farmers economically and environmentally.”