Jennifer Jewell: Unearthing the Significance of Seeds in 'What We Sow'

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Author of the new book, What We Sow: On the Personal, Ecological, and Cultural Significance of Seeds, Jennifer Jewell reveals the power of seeds in our world "for food, for medicine, for utility, for the vast interconnected web we include in the concept of biodiversity and planetary health, for beauty, and for culture.”

In her role as host of the award-winning NPR radio show and podcast, Cultivating Place, Jennifer strives to help listeners not only learn how to garden better, but to help them know the bigger truth of its impact on a quantum level. Though often considered a consumer-oriented hobby, Jennifer believes gardening goes far beyond this meager expectation: it connects us spiritually, gives us agency over our lives, and serves as a vote for our planet.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How our “impulse to garden” reclaims our relationship with the ancient activity of growing plants.

• Why gardening is a spiritual endeavor, an activist undertaking, and a method of gaining agency over our lives.

• How reducing gardening to a hobby status diminishes the actual truth and respect for the life-sustaining value it holds.

• Correlations between global crises and the human instinct to garden.

• Why we must care about the health, protection and availability of seeds.

• The high value of native plants in providing habitats, improving water quality and air quality, supporting bird migration, pollinators and more.

• Why the health of our planet is reliant on our preserving the remaining wild spaces.

Listen to Jennifer on her NPR Podcast, Cultivating Place

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