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Shifting agriculture towards adaptation, community, and diversity.
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Crop Highlight - Corn
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Sweet, Grain and Popping mixes available!
Corn
Sweet: This is a lovely mix of sweet corn landraces, grexes, and a few named varieties. A lot of coastal and short-season corn are present, including a large contribution from Shea Burns of Nye Ranch,...
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February 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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Seed Swap Season is Here!

Hand out our Adaptation Gardening brochures at your next seed swap! Order for free here:

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A PDF is available if you prefer to print them yourself.

Feel free to post upcoming seed swaps in your area in the comments.

#seedswap
Brochure - Pack of 20
Want to spread the word about Adaptation Gardening and the work of Going to Seed? You can now order copies of our brochure to hand out at events or your local seed library.  If you're looking for a di...
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February 6, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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Crop Highlight - Fava Bean

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Many thanks to Jennifer Williams who grew out our Landrace Discovery Mix, and to the contributors of The People's Mix. Lots of colors and diversity represented here!
Jennifer Williams holding a large head of dark bronze lettuce. Mix of fava beans with colors ranging from light green and yellows to pinks and dark reds. Fava plant with cluster of dark red blooms. Close-up of fava flowers with dark mauve inner petals and lighter striped outer petals.
February 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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Crop Highlight - Sorghum
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Thank you, Dominique and our other sorghum donors for this year's mix!
Sorghum
This is a beautiful mix of sorghums that includes seed from Dominique Pearson, who grew out many accessions from GRIN as part of a project to adapt a dual-purpose sorghum that meets the needs of her c...
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February 2, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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The Moment You've Been Waiting For - 2026 Catalog Has Launched!
Get this year's mixes here: goingtoseed.org/.../2026-us-...
#diverseseed #adaptationgardening #landraceseeds
Flowering onions Flowering broccoli Mix of lima beans of many colors and patterns Arugula flowers
February 1, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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Upcoming Webinars from The Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security | Feb 5th and Feb 17th, 2026

Sign up for these 2 free webinars to learn more about the seed industry.

Feb 5th: www.eventbrite.ca/e/beyond-the...

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Beyond the Bin: Understanding the Field Crop Seed System
Bin-run seed is an important part of most farms, but there's a lot more to the story of where our field crop seed comes from.
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January 30, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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Preview of This Year's Watermelon Mix
Online catalog open for orders on February 1st!
The watermelon seed mix includes red, yellow, salmon and pink fleshed types. Yellow skinned, spotted, striped, solid and several shades of green skinned melons are in this mix. Loads of diversity to watch for.
Watermelon of different sizes and shades of green, some striped. Long watermelon cut in half to show the salmon colored flesh. Large bowl of watermelon seeds. Colors include brown, black, red and white with varying degrees of mottling. Ziploc bags filled with donated diverse watermelon seeds.
January 30, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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Thinking of Starting a Seed Library? This is the conference for you!

Virtual conference on Feb 14, 2026

Register: givebutter.com/2026SeedConference

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Seed Library Conference: Getting Started
Tips and Resources on How to Open a Seed Library
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January 30, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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Free Webinar | Thurs, Jan 29 at 12 pm PT
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Chris Smith of the Utopian Seed Project will be joined by 2 or 3 southeastern farmers to discuss the challenges and opportunities of growing and marketing genetically diverse seed mixes.
A recording will be posted on our YouTube channel.
On-farm Seed Selection and Regional Adaptation
A webinar with Chris Smith, joined by Southeastern farmers
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January 19, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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Sneak Peek at 2026 Catalog Offerings
Which crop will you landrace this year?
Colorful mixed dry beans Colorful dry corn kernels Colorful dry fava bean mix Mixed seeds in one of Going to Seed's Fukuoka mix
January 18, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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Seed Packing Is Done!
Many thanks to all who packaged this year's seed donations. We received more seed than ever, resulting in 10,000 seed packets. We are grateful to our supporters who've made our 2026 catalog the best ever! Ordering will open to the public early February, so stay tuned!
Bowl of dry beans exhibiting a variety of colors and patterns. Seed packer's hands scooping corn seeds from a bowl into seed packet envelope. Seed packers working at table by sunny window. Bowl of okra seeds next to a pile of finished okra seed packets.
January 17, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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Join GTS For A Seed Packing Party!

Thanks to our generous community, we have seeds galore for our 2026 catalog. Join our seed packing party on Sun, Dec 28, at 1 pm, at 887 Etheldore Street, Moss Beach, CA.

If you love handling seeds, this is the party for you! Please RSVP in the comments. Thanks!
Background is a close up of colorful fava beans, with Joseph and Lowell in foreground. Party date and location also indicated.
December 23, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Hey! 🌱 #gardensky nerds!

Did you know you can sign up to be part of collaborative plant variety trials, including trials of seeds from the USDA-ARS germplasm repositories (beans and such) through SeedLinked? I just learned this and WANT
SeedLinked - Compare and buy seed with confidence
Compare and buy high-quality vegetable seeds from a dozen companies. Over 100,000 reviews by farmers and gardeners help you find seed adapted to your USDA Hardiness Zone, from flavorful heirlooms, to ...
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June 5, 2024 at 12:11 AM
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Seed Donors! Thank You for Sending in Your Seeds!!

Our Seed Share team is currently cataloguing and preparing diverse mixes from YOUR seeds for the 2026 season. Thank you for helping us put seeds in every hand!
#seedsaving #seedsharing #communityseedselection
Handwritten letter from seed donor Cardboard box filled with plastic bags of saved seed. Multicolored beans being shelled into a striped woven basket. Woven basket filled with very colorful corn cobs
December 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Stories from the Snake River Seed Co-op

Join us for a conversation with Casey O'Leary, Kelly Kingsland, and James Loomis on cooperative models, and how one group of farmers built a seed system grounded in relationship, resilience, and community.

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November 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Seed Saving Time! How to Save Seeds from Squash (Also works for zucchini, pumpkins, and gourds) Let your fruits mature on the vine for as long as the season allows. The longer they stay, the more ful...
Seed Saving Time! How to Save Seeds from Squash (Also works for zucchini, pumpkins, and gourds) Let your fruits mature on the vine for as long as the season allows. The longer they stay, the more...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Share Your Love of Seed Saving

Find and support your local seed library
Deliver educational materials
Share Going to Seed’s locally adapted seeds
Submit your photos
Share Going to Seed social posts
Be part of the online conversation

Find out more at:
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Seed Library Network logo above photo of cobs of multicolored corn Brochures that describe the principles of adaptation gardening (aka landrace gardening) published by the organization Going to Seed Mixture of seeds of all shapes and sizes held in the palm of a hand Screenshot of Going to Seed's online community website hosted on Discourse
September 30, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Going to Seed Community Squash Grow-Outs

For more, search "2025 Grow Reports":

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For seed saving tips, see our Summer Squash Crop Guide (tips also apply to other squash):

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#seedsaving #squashharvest #adaptationgardening
Yellow and green cushaw squash Moschata squash of verying sizes and shapes on shelf. Cover of Summer Squash Growing Guide showing a variety of summer squashes Outdoor display (4 tiers) of maxima squashes of various colors, shapes and sizes.
September 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Landrace Gardening in 5 languages!
Joseph Lofthouse's inspiring book, "Landrace Gardening: Food Security Through Biodiversity and Promiscuous Pollination" is available in Chinese, English, French, German, and Hindi.
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#landracegardening #seedsaving #resilientplants
Cover of book is a red pea pod on vine against a blue sky background Joseph Lofthouse standing in a field of young sunflowers - no blooms yet. Dry beans of many colors and patterns in a checkerboard arrangement
September 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Going to Seed featured in The Generous Garden
Check out Margaret Tomlinson's substack post, "A Bountiful Garden, Part II", featuring the garden of one of Going to Seed's advisors!
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#landracegardening #adaptationgardening #seedsaving @margarettomlinson
Rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis). US Fish & Wildlife Service photograph. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rusty_Patched_Bumble_Bee_(28971822177).jpg A log anchors a raised bed in my garden where New York asters are growing. (The rocks are to keep squirrels from digging and exposing the plants’ roots.) Purplish eggplant with white streaks hanging on plant Melon with smooth green skin and deeper green stripes hanging from wire screen trellis.
September 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Seed Saving Time!! Share seeds with your community and Going to Seed!
For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it's time to think about seed saving. Saved seeds are a gift to your future garden, and can also be shared with a local seed library and/or Going to Seed:
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Man next to a stand of ripe radish seed pods Swiss chard going to seed Three dry carrot umbels full of seeds. Moschata squash cut in half to show seeds in cavity.
September 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Growing for Seed and Produce with Dan Brisebois (@danbrisebois.farm)

#diverseproduce #marketfarmer

This practical webinar hosted by Going to Seed is designed for farmers growing and selling produce grown from diverse seeds or breeding projects.

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Growing for Seed and Produce with Dan Brisebois
YouTube video by Adaptation Gardening
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September 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Local partnerships for local seeds!
GTS connects Salt Lake City Public Library with local growers to supply diverse seed mixes to library patrons next year.

Local seeds will add robust genetics, providing home growers regionally adapted plants to foster in their gardens.
#localseeds #foodsecurity
Logo of the Salt Lake City Public Library Garden called the Plot. White letters and 2 sketched leaves on green field. Logo of Rustling Aspen Farm. Photo of Chris Pyper of Rustling Aspen Farm and Rikki Longino, the Salt Lake City Public Library Seed Librarian at Chris' farm. Amanda Theobald and Elliot Musgrove of Top Crops SLC, holding a sign for the Utah Farm and Food Conference. A drawing of colorful carrots in a line decorates the sign.
August 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Help SSE choose varieties for their catalog!

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Sign up to join the 2026 trials:
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#communityscience #seeddiversity
A colorful graphic with 3 panels illustrating community participation in variety trials followed by catalog seed production of chosen varieties and their introduction into the Seed Savers catalog. Seed Savers Exchange logo with one hand dropping seeds into another hand
August 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Dan Brisebois interviews Chris Smith, founder of the Utopian Seed Project and the Appalachian Growers Seed Collective. Learn how Chris began his serendipitous journey with seeds. Taro, okra and starting a collective are discussed!
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#adaptedcrops #localseeds
Dan Brisbois holding a giant turnip and with amazed look on his face. Chris Smith with an image of his book, "The Whole Okra: A Seed to Stem Celebration"
August 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM