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Seed Rematriation
Welcoming Seeds Home
Seed Savers Exchange ( SSE ) was founded in 1975 by Kent Whealy and Diane Ott Whealy as a electronic internet of gardeners concerned in preserve and sharing heirloom sort . As the organization maturate , individuals began to donate their treasured seeds for conservation , resulting in a collection of over 20,000 open - pollinated varieties . With culturally diverse stewardship chronicle , this subject - access ingathering constitute America ’s rich garden heritage .
Today , we recognize the time value of the history and relationships behind the seeds in protecting this multifariousness as much as we appraise the seed themselves . As part of the revitalization of Indigenous native intellectual nourishment system , many native community of interests are also developing vivacious seed initiatives to increase admittance to ethnical and traditional sizable solid food .
In 2017 , Rowen White , then SSE board chair , approached Seed Savers Exchange to participate in the Indigenous Seed Keepers connection Seed Rematriation programme . semen rematriation deal the desire for autochthonal communities to actively reclaim their ancestral seeds and tradition . Seed Savers Exchange , with grants from North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education ( NCR - SARE ) , has actively supported autochthonic communities by rematriating seeds in the SSE assembling back to their civilization of extraction with the goal of do sustainable , sovereign , and environmentally and socially responsible agriculture .
Session one was originally held on 25 February 2025.
Watch the Welcoming Seeds Home: Seed Rematriation Webinar Series on SSE’s YouTube channel.
How the work continues
In 2023 , Seed Savers Exchange , once again thanks to support from NCR - SARE , extend the rematriation partnerships focalise on orchard governing body and care .
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Seed Savers Exchange is a tax - nontaxable 501(c)3 non-profit-making governing body dedicate to the saving of heirloom cum .
Session one was originally held on 25 April 2025.
Session two was originally held on 5 April 2025.
Session three was originally held on 2 February 2025.
Session four was originally held on 25 April 2025.
