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Shifting agriculture towards adaptation, community, and diversity.
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!
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
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
December 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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.

us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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:
goingtoseed.org/pages/volunt...
September 30, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Going to Seed Community Squash Grow-Outs

For more, search "2025 Grow Reports":

goingtoseed.org/pages/commun...

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

heyzine.com/flip-book/58...

#seedsaving #squashharvest #adaptationgardening
September 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPKRYJX....
#landracegardening #seedsaving #resilientplants
September 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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!
mtomlinson.substack.com/p/a-bountifu...
#landracegardening #adaptationgardening #seedsaving @margarettomlinson
September 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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:
goingtoseed.org/pages/contri...
September 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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.

youtu.be/xaU4xK1rRSk?...
Growing for Seed and Produce with Dan Brisebois
YouTube video by Adaptation Gardening
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September 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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
August 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Help SSE choose varieties for their catalog!

awaytogarden.com/how-gardener...

seedsavers.org/preservation...

Sign up to join the 2026 trials:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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vqw/viewform

#communityscience #seeddiversity
August 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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!
danbrisebois.com/.../the-seed...

#adaptedcrops #localseeds
August 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Angie Kang's article in High Country News, "The Seeds Remember: Reclaiming Chinese Culture Through Cultivation" is beautifully illustrated and gently connects topics ranging from food sovereignty to seed adaptation. Hope you'll enjoy it.

www.hcn.org/issues/57-7/...

#seedadaptation #foodsovereignty
The seeds remember - High Country News
Reclaiming Chinese culture through cultivation.
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July 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Seeds are essential to our food systems. Help raise public awareness!
www.localseeds.org
Anyone who uses seeds, purchased, saved, local or not, is invited to share their perspective.
app.reclaim.ai/m/localseed
docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...

#localseeds #seeddiversity #foodsecurity
July 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Seed Up Saturday is here!

Join Julia Dakin, Bevin Cohen, and Rebecca Newburn on Saturday, May 31st, for a live online video broadcast. They will discuss how they are Getting the Most Seed Diversity to the Most People.
Sign up for your free ticket to this online event here:
tinyurl.com/46s64ae6
Seed Up Saturday - Feb 25, 2023
See how to bring your community together to save seeds and strengthen your local food supply. In this live online event you’ll get simple ways to increase protection, self-sufficiency, and resiliency...
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May 30, 2025 at 12:50 AM
2024 Garden Harvest
January 22: I finally got my 2024 harvest summary ready.
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April 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Profoundly Promiscuous and Totally Tasty Tomato Project continues to live as another generation arises from the soil. We are so grateful for the growers committed to growing these seeds and helping with this project. #profoundlypromiscuousandtotallytasty #adaptiveag #cropdiversity #tomatoes
March 16, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The diversity of many crops is staggering, and yet growers typically only have access to a few varieties. Growing and trialing USDA GRIN accessions is one of the small ways we're changing this. #cropdiversity #adaptiveag #seedwork
March 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Have you ever wanted to check the germination rate of your saved seeds? Clint Freund, founder of Cultivating the Commons, will present his tried-and-true methods in this free webinar hosted by Going to Seed on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 4 pm PDT. Sign up at givebutter.com/Germination
Germination Testing with Clint Freund
For anyone who grows, shares, and sells seeds.
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March 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM