The following came from John Torgrimson at Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah: Decorah, Iowa – Seed Savers Exchange, Inc., a leading non-profit organization dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds ...

Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa, stewards a collection of over 20,000 heirloom and heritage seed varieties, which are kept in a vault in ideal conditions for preservation. The seed vault ...

Two scientists who helped create an international seed vault received the World Food Prize last week in Des Moines, spotlighting the importance of seed banks, including one in northeast Iowa. The Seed ...

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 ...

The Heirloom Collard Project, launched in 2016, called out to seed savers in the Carolina states, asking for rare varieties to regenerate and share. Whether you boil them in other sauces, make a broth ...

Cherokee White Eagle Corn, Compass Plant, and Georgia Candy Roaster Squash are a few of the heirloom plants distributed by the Cherokee Nation Seed Bank in its years of programming. Illustration by ...