Programs

  • Crop Trials and Seed Development

    Crop Trials: Continued construction of large two-bay gutter connect greenhouse. Hosted farm tours. Crop Highlights: 10 variety yard long bean trial for SESE, First planting of C. maxima and C. moschata diverse landraces for Ultracross, Large planting of first generation Okra Ultracross and discovery of A. tetraphyllus interspecies cross, 3 varieties of cassava, Okra seed oil breeding project - 10 F1 grow outs, Edible dahlia grow out, SSARE On-Farm Research Grant for Taro. Seed contracts with Two Seeds in a Pod and Sow True Seed, Growing seed for Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance, Experimental Farm Network, and Southern Exposure Seed Exchange .
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $70.5K

  • Heirloom Collard Project

    Heirloom Collard Project: Growing and developing the Collard Ultracross, Supporting seed stewards for heirloom collard project varieties, Develop media and outreach via heirloomcollards.org, Collard Corner event at the annual CFSA Sustainable Ag Conference
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $27.1K

  • Southern Seed Video Series

    Southern Sare Video Program: A project to create a Southeast Seed video series. The project traveled across 12 states and interviewed over 50 farmers, community gardeners, seed savers, seed growers and seed advocates. The footage was weaved together to tell the story and seed saving of six southern crops: corn, okra, southern peas, collards, sweet potatoes and squash. The series has been shown at farming conferences across the southeast and viewed online at http://seseed.org/se-seed-video-series/
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $35.8K