Community Seed Bank

Our mission is to diversify and strengthen the local food system by spreading seeds and sharing knowledge to empower a community of growers.

• We educate and support community groups and gardeners looking to grow, save, and share seeds.
• We redistribute locally harvested heirloom seeds to gardeners and farmers who turn those seeds into fresh produce and more seeds.
• We grow and harvest seeds in our own community garden.
• We store and protect deposited and donated seeds.

What are the benefits of starting a seed bank in our community?

• Preventing the loss of genetic diversity and the disappearance of local seed varieties
• Generating seed that is adapted to thrive in the soils and climate of our region
• Increasing access to seed for all, but especially for first-time, low-income, and community-based gardeners
• Educating our community on how to save seeds, and connecting them to our collective history of seed as a shared public resource
• Strengthening our local food system and increasing food security, starting with seeds
• Raising awareness and mobilizing actions around seed issues such as patenting and genetic engineering