Nate Kleinman of the experimentalfarmnetwork.org shares about the importance of saving wild relatives to help us with climate adaptation: salt, disease, pest, & drought resistance. Wild relatives are amazing! #seedlibrarysummit Wild watermelons from #Namibia.
Beata Tsosie-PeΓ±a shares her wisdom at the #SeedLibrarySummit. "Gardens are at the intersection of social justice." They transformed 2.5 acres with love and time to create a vibrate #seedlibrary. Seed stewardship is an act of resistance.
at least 90% of the commercial vegetable varieties available in 1903 are gone. (though i wonder what varieties existed 100 years prior) #seedlibrarysummit
Keynote speaker, artist & activist, Jeff Quattrone kicked us off wi/ an amazing story about Campbell's Soup and preserving the Jersey Tomato. We can't wait to learn more about biodiversity, seed saving & community today!
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