Over the past several months I’ve identified with the Johnny Cash song, “I’ve Been Everywhere.” I’ve been speaking at seed guilds, seed libraries, seed banks, seed rallies, seed conferences ... Read More »
Category Archive: SSE Preservation
Apple Grafting to Preserve Diversity
By: | Published: April 2, 2013 | No Comments
“This apple comes from an old tree at my grandmother’s home, and it is the best apple I have ever tasted.” We hear this story a lot around here, and usually, the story ends like this: “Now the ... Read More »
Evaluating Dried Legumes
By: | Published: March 28, 2013 | No Comments
With spring around the corner and a foot of snow still on the ground, the Seed Savers Exchange evaluation team has been evaluating dried legumes from last summer’s harvest. Beans, peas, and lima ... Read More »
CORE Project: Collier Cucumber
By: | Published: February 25, 2013 |
CORE: Unraveling the Stories Behind Our Seeds One summer during the 1950s, Graham Collier of Tennessee planted all the seeds he had of his family’s heirloom slicing cucumber. Little did he know, ... Read More »
Seed Savers Exchange Ships Two More Crates to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
By: | Published: February 14, 2013 |
Untouchable by hurricanes, impervious to tectonic movement, protected by polar bears, and reachable only through methods worthy of reality television - the Svalbard Global Seed Vault provides the ... Read More »
SSE Collection Bean 5396: ‘Theodore Meece’
By: | Published: February 7, 2013 |
At 96 years of age, Theodore Meece was honored as Kentucky’s Oldest Worker. While a heart ailment caused by old age slowed the accomplished centennialist as he grew older, Theodore continued to work ... Read More »
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