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Southern Exposure Seed Exchange (SESE) is a cooperatively-owned seed company based out of Mineral, Virginia. SESE is a source for heirloom seeds and other open-pollinated (non- hybrid ) seeds with an emphasis on vegetables, flowers, and herbs that grow well in the Mid-Atlantic region.
In December 2007, Seed Savers Exchange made an inaugural deposit of nearly 500 varieties to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault that opened on February 26, 2008 in Svalbard, Norway. [6] It was the only citizen-led group in the United States to contribute to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault for opening day. [ 7 ]
LeHoullier named the tomato "Cherokee Purple" and sent seeds to the Southern Exposure Seed Exchange (SESE). Jeff McCormack, the owner of SESE, said that the tomato "tasted fine, but was kind of ugly -- people may not like it." SESE featured the Cherokee Purple in the 1993 seed catalog.
Since this is Seed Saving 101, let’s start there. Seeds from flowers and vegetables are the easiest to save. Since this is Seed Saving 101, let’s start there.
Technically, a seed oil is a cooking oil made by pressing seeds to extract the fat. But the current pariahs are canola, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, soy, rice bran, sunflower, and safflower oils.
Kent Whealy (April 27, 1946 – March 23, 2018) was an American activist, journalist and philanthropist who co-founded Seed Savers Exchange and promoted organic agriculture and the saving of heirloom seeds. [1]
Ira Wallace is a gardener, teacher and author. [1] She manages Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, a cooperatively-owned seed company. [2] [3] [4]Wallace played a role in the making of the 2014 film documentary Open Sesame – The Story of Seeds, an eye-opening account highlighting the obstacles that some of the most notable non-GMO seed proponents face in their quest to keep seeds from becoming ...
Differences with Seed Savers Exchange later caused problems. Potato Grower reported: "The Seed Savers Exchange and Bonsall quit each other at roughly the same time, with the group no longer giving him what Torgrimson said was an annual stipend of between $13,000 and $15,000 to grow out his collection for them, and Bonsall no longer listing his ...