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State of the Seedshed
This year, we turned to the wisdom of the cooperative to offer our State of the Seedshed. We reached out to four growers of Snake River Seed Co-op located in Northern and Southern Idaho, and Utah. The wealth of wisdom shared with us for this article will continue to inform upcoming articles. It's a good thing too because things just got even more complicated in the food world.
Costs for wheat, corn, high-fructose corn syrup, and sunflower oil are expected to rise. Fuel costs are also reaching record-breaking highs, averaging at $4.17 per gallon nationally in the past week. Locally grown food is becoming more appealing by the day.
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If 2020 Has Taught Us Anything...
For many reasons, we have been largely absent from social media and outward communication since Coronavirus came crashing into the US. An obvious r... -
Seed Sovereignty
This week I wanted to talk about one of our core values as an organization: seed sovereignty. Sovereignty is a powerful word in that it suggests in... -
The View From The Summit
We just returned from the Mountain West Seed Summit, put on by the Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance. I've long been grateful to RMSA for forming around... -
The Value of Diversity
We've just finished the eye-rolling chore of "strategic planning" for our organization, and while I balk at it, the process has been helpful in def... -
What I Learned from Vandana Shiva, Part III: 10 Everyday Actions To Take Down the Poison Cartel and Grow a Resilient and Delicious Regional Economy
See What I Learned from Vandana Shiva, Part 1 for a refresher on the poison cartel and the struggle for seed freedom. Plant a garden. Each yea... -
What I learned from Vandana Shiva, Part II: Eat as if Life depends on it, because it does
photo: Satya Murthy via Flickr Creative Commons In part one we left off with Dr. Shiva saying that if we want to stop Trump (a.k.a. the accelerati... -
What I Learned from Vandana Shiva, Part 1: Gandhi, Resistance, and Seed Freedom
Last weekend brought one of the greatest honors of my life--I got to spend part of three days in the company of Dr. Vandana Shiva, an Indian physic... -
Why are our seeds so expensive…or, such a great value?
Why are our seeds so expensive such a great value? a.k.a. The Seed Creates the System Seeds are mysterious. Even many avid gardeners couldn't ... -
The Gardener’s Guide to Seed Literacy and Advocacy
a.k.a. How to Choose Which Seeds To Buy So you want to buy seeds, but you're hearing all this stuff about GMOs and heirlooms and you don't know whi... -
10 Reasons to be a Seed Freak
10 reasons to be a seed freak: Without local seeds, we don't have a local food system. We must CLOSE THE LOOP! Seeds make a farm come alive w...
