An Afternoon in the Preservation Lab
The Preservation Lab at Seed Savers Exchange was buzzing with activity on this Friday afternoon in February. With about 13 full-time employees whose specializations range from germination testing to...
View ArticleColumn Blowers and Blowing Snow: A Winter Internship
“But what will you do at Seed Savers Exchange during the winter?” I heard a few variations of this question during the months leading up to my internship here. For folks unfamiliar with what this...
View ArticleTwo Seasons
In the fast-paced world of the Preservation department, the year is divided into two seasons: field season and getting-ready-for-field season. After a long, cold, snowy winter, we just crossed the...
View ArticleAncient White Park Cattle: Old Breed, New Babies!
Wait a second, you thought Seed Savers Exchange was only saving seeds? When you visit Heritage Farm at Seed Savers Exchange, the cutest thing you’ll see may also be the oldest thing we preserve. The...
View ArticleSeed Storage at Home
It’s 10:00 PM. Do you know where your children are? Some of you may be too young to remember this public service announcement from evening television programing during the 60s and 70s. For some reason,...
View ArticleHealthy Seeds are Happy Seeds
Testing for squash mosaic virus Part of the responsibility that comes with maintaining a seed collection containing over 20,000 rare garden varieties includes testing for and eradicating viruses and...
View ArticleThe Beauty of Biodiversity
At no time in our history have Americans been more concerned about their food supply. With an increased uncertainty about what goes into our food, we’ve witnessed a growing interest in foods that are...
View ArticleCollection to Catalog
The introduction of the Limited Edition “From the Preservation Gardens” line of seeds to the SSE catalog in 2013 brought the heartwarming, funny, and sometimes curious stories of varieties from our...
View ArticleSaving Seeds from Biennial Plants
This month we asked two experienced staff members at Seed Savers Exchange to share their knowledge about saving seeds from biennials. Our Field Manager, Bryan Stuart, and one of our Field Technicians,...
View ArticleEvaluating Heirlooms with 2014 Conference Attendees
As part of our efforts to collect detailed information on some of the less documented varieties in the Seed Savers Exchange (SSE) seed collection, an Evaluation Program was launched in 2010 to gather...
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