Welcome to our nerdy corner of the world
Hello, dear reader. We are so glad you’re here, and hope that as you explore our site and community, you feel increasingly excited and inspired. Whether you’re an experienced grower, or someone who lacks any inclination to touch soil, we believe that there’s an invitation for everyone to participate in the web of relations that sustains our human and plant kin.
This space will be our ongoing hub for research, to give you a glimpse of our community led seed stewardship processes. Consider this the entry point for a botanical wormhole.
For centuries, our relationships to plants have shaped our foods, traditions, and cosmologies. Plants developed a range of strategies and novel genes as they interacted with climatic conditions. As we saved seeds, selecting for the characteristics we found beautiful, delicious, healing or interesting, traits became stabilized, and new branches of our respective family trees developed. Our evolutions mirrored each others’ and the mutual imprint is felt in the unique cultures fostered through the process.
Second Generation Seeds is grounded in this understanding. We see biodiversity as intrinsically linked to cultural diversity, and in a world that has witnessed a staggering loss of both, we turn to the wisdom of seeds for guidance. If we can look at these lineages and see stories of how we came to belong to one another, we can design meaningful processes to continually deepen and enrich our commitment to one another and the places we inhabit.
Our collaborative addresses the shortcomings of our current food system which limits participation from our communities, whose outcomes fail to address our needs and aspirations, all while benefitting from our labor and wisdom. Our goals are to maintain and build upon biodiversity, affirm the intrinsic value of our stories and subjective points of view, bolster and sustain access to culturally relevant foods, and strengthen economies of scale for small, diversified farmers.
If you find the projects we’re working on irresistible, then get in touch to learn more ways to get involved!
-Kristyn
