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More than 200 seed companies have been acquired or gone out of business since the 1990s leaving just 4 agrochemical companies, (Bayer/Monsanto, BASF, Corteva, and Sinochem) controlling more than 60% of the global market for proprietary seeds. The Big Four's dominance in the seed industry has led to concerns about the diversity of seeds and the future of food security. Between 1900 and 2000, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that 75% of the world's crop varieties disappeared. Consolidation of the seed industry limits our ability to grow heritage food which therein limits our ability to cook ancestral meals and continue our cultural traditions. Limiting genetic diversity in our crops gives large corporations excessive control over the food supply, harming smaller farmers and impacting food security by focusing on fewer crop varieties. As we witness our grocery prices rise, with little to no way in regulating the price gouges, it’s up to us to reclaim our heirloom food diversity and create informal markets to circulate our heritage food and seeds for future generations to come.

We’re continuously striving to keep the seeds of our ancestral lands alive and thriving by tending to our selection of seeds on our farmland. Our nursery is an extention of this work and we will steadfastly work to improve the variety of plants we grow each year in hopes more people will chose to grow these heirloom varieties in their own garden. All of our plants in the nursery and on our farm are always open pollinated, heirloom, and tended to with the utmost love and care.

None of it would be possible without the continued support from our community. Thank you for all the support you’ve shown us over the past four years.