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Seed Saving and Seed Libraries: Multimedia Resources

Seed saving is an important tradition that encourages self-reliance, brings communities together, preserves valuable heirloom varieties, and helps to identify and stimulate the development of locally adapted varieties.

Seed Saving for Beginners from Seed Savers Exchange

Learn About the Important Work at Seed Savers Exchange

We conserve and promote America's culturally diverse but endangered garden and food crop heritage for future generations by collecting, growing, and sharing heirloom seeds and plants. For more information visit the Seedsavers Exchange Website.

Start Your Own Seed Collection

Considering seed saving? This video from Seed Savers Exchange will help you get started! 

Pima County Seed Library Blog

The Pima County Seed Library is located in Tuscon Arizona. Please note that sowing and harvesting dates will be different for your location.

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Southern Exposure Seed Exchange Blog

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Podcasts on Seedsaving

Seed Saving is a perenially popular topic on podcasts of all sorts. Whether you're a frugalist or a survivalist, this link will lead you to a list of podcasts that will inform and inspire!

Here are a few others to get you listening!

Seeds of Freedom Documentary

The Gaia Foundation works to "support small farmers, especially women, to enhance their indigenous knowledge and seed varieties, to be food secure and to safeguard diversity for generations to come."

Seeds of Freedom, the first film in the trilogy, provides an overview of the history of agriculture, charting the transition of the farm into a factory, and highlighting the impact of the agrochemical and GM industries. Despite this, small-scale agroecological farmers feed the largest portion of the world’s population and they need our support to protect and promote food sovereignty.

Real Food Films Presents "The Gift"

Vanda Shiva on the Importance of Saving Seed