The best seeds are those you save from plants that do best in your own garden or farm. Start your seed saving adventure with tried and true varieties known to perform well in your specific climate. Ask neighbors. Join garden or farm clubs. Attend local annual seed exchanges. More than 500 seed libraries have been started in the past 5 years to help fill this niche. If you can’t find a local seed libraries where you can check out locally grown and saved seeds with their stories, start one. You can find a continuously updated list of seed libraries and all the instructions you need to start one here http://seedlibraries.weebly.com/
If you have to buy seeds, here is a list of small, bio-regional seed companies founded, owned, or operated by the students and teachers of Seed School. Also included are companies and seed organizations that partner with us in our educational efforts, as well as seed sources we value for their high quality, ethics, and sustainable business models. Seed School student seed companies are marked with (*).
Brim Seed
Company*
PO Box 132
Ross, TX 76684
254-829-BRIM (2746)
Fedco
Seeds
213 Hinckley Rd
Clinton, ME 04927
207-426-9900
Foundroot Seeds, Sundries & Sustenance*
www.foundroot.com
PO Box 289
Palmer, AK 99645
907-414-3077
Good Seed
Company*
www.goodseedco.net
PO Box 4906
Whitefish, MT 59937
Great American
Seed-Up*
https://greatamericanseedup.org/
Bulk Seeds Direct
PO Box 10072
Glendale, AZ 85318
Heritage Grain
Conservancy
Eli Rogosa
400 Adamsville Rd
Colrain, MA 01340
207-505 2172
The Living Seed
Company*
www.livingseedcompany.com
PO Box 177
Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
415-663-8002
Miss Penn’s Mountain
Seeds*
www.pennandcordsgarden.com
Westcliffe, CO
719-783-2917
Seeds Trust, High
Altitude Gardens*
www.seedstrust.com
5870 S Long Lane
Littleton, CO 80121
720-335-3436
Siskiyou Seeds
www.siskiyouseeds.com/
3220 East Fork Rd.
Williams, OR 97544
541-846-9233
Snake River Seed Coop*
http://snakeriverseeds.com/
Boise, ID
Triple Divide Seed Company*
tripledivideseeds.com
Polson, Montana
406-885-1188
Whole Grain Connection
www.wholegrainconnection.org
500 W Middlefield Rd #2
Mountain View, CA 94043
650-938-2865
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