This guidebook provides guidance and resources on the process of creating and maintaining a seed collection in a way that maintains seed viability and meets community needs.
Four existing seed banks in Arizona and New Mexico are profiled, and their different ways of caring for their seeds offer a variety of models that will be useful to other groups considering seed banking.
Subjects covered in the guidebook include: gathering a team and defining the purpose of the seed bank, how to save good seed, how to protect the seeds, creating infrastructure, organizing seed collections, regenerating the seed, and distributing the seed. The book also includes a resource list, sample data sheets, and other helpful data.
Ordering Information
https://www.nativeseeds.org/collections/books/products/pb2025
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Native Seeds/SEARCH
3584 E River Rd
Tucson, AZ 85716
https://www.nativeseeds.org/collections/books/products/pb2025
520-622-0830 ext 113
Publication/product ID: PB2025
Cost: $15
Want more information? See the related SARE grant:
- Sharing Our Way - SOW Seeds Conference and Guidebook (WPDP24-008)
This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture through the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and should not be construed to represent any official USDA or U.S. Government determination or policy.