Operating on nearly 900 acres in Decorah, the Seed Savers Exchange preserves plant varieties by saving and sharing seeds – and their stories. Since 2000, local musicians have lent their talents to ...

In the flower section, you’ll find seeds of the hollyhocks that prairie settlers planted around their outhouses (known as ...

The story begins with a handful of morning glory seeds that were carried across the Atlantic Ocean in 1884. Those seeds are a part of Diane Ott Whealy’s family legacy and they inspired the founding of ...

Mike Bollinger of Decorah, Iowa, was recently named as executive director of Seed Savers Exchange by its board of directors. Bollinger has served on the board of Midwest Organic and Sustainable ...

DECORAH, Iowa — Nothing can take away cabin fever except the coming of spring, but planning a garden can spur things along for those waiting for warmer winds. Although there may be snow on the ground, ...

Seed Savers Exchange managers are using an interactive sales data dashboard to analyze online orders by product, variety, customer and region, thanks to a summer research project conducted at Luther ...

DECORAH, Iowa -- Andrea Springmeier dedicated time Jan. 5 to evaluating week-old lettuce seedlings. Springmeier, a collection technician for Seed Savers Exchange, was performing a laboratory ...

Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa, stewards a collection of over 20,000 heirloom and heritage seed varieties, which are kept in a vault in ideal conditions for preservation. The seed vault ...

Experience autumn’s bounty, Saturday, Oct. 15, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Seed Savers Exchange Harvest Festival. The event includes activities for all ages and will take place at the Seed Savers ...

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