The Nina Prize: Seed Savers

 Every year when the Nobel Prize is awarded in many categories, I am reminded to give my own prize to people, organizations, and efforts that command my admiration.

This year, I decided to give a prize to all the seed houses, farmers, and gardeners that save seed from heritage/heirloom plants so that future generations share in the biodiversity that was Planet Earth.  I have been a grower of heirloom plants for over 25 years.  Most of my seeds are purchased from rareseeds.com, growitalian.com.  There are other organizations that promote and sell heirloom seeds. The prominent ones in this country are seedsaversexchange.com and  sustainableseedco.com. and d landreth seed company, and seedsofchange.com and the cooks garden and wild seeds farm.

The list goes on and on.  

Our diet is expanded to include thousands of varieties of vegetables.  The possible natural health medicines and remedies and protectors...are endless because of this work.

To all seed houses, and the many farmers, and household gardeners that preserve seed from their ancestry and the wild from one year to the next, Congratulations!!!  Hard work well done to make a difference in the World.

Also, those people that have help preserve heritage animals, many thanks to you as well.