13 episodes
Seed Stories seedstories
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5.0 • 5 Ratings
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Seed Stories highlights a unique garden seed variety each episode through interviews, plant origins, seed saving techniques and more in a fun and educational format. Many of the seed varieties can be found at www.northcircleseeds.com
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Yellow Cabbage Collard
In this episode, (Part 2 of 6 of our Slow Food Plant a Seed Campaign collaboration) we are speaking with University of South Carolina professor Dr. David Shields about the history, flavor, and cultural use of this collard variety as well as collards in general.
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Full Interview from Cherokee Purple Tomato
The full interview with Craig LeHoullier speaking about Cherokee Purple Tomato and tomatoes in general. We dive further into plant pollination, disease pressure, how to deal with suckering, and more history of this amazing heirloom variety.
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Cherokee Purple Tomato
This episode is part one of a six part series in collaboration with Slow Food USA "Plant a Seed" Campaign. We will highlight the six varieties in seed in the 2020 campaign and seed kit. In this episode we speak with Slow Foods USA Communications Director, Giselle Kennedy Lord and heirloom tomato connoisseur and author of Epic Tomatoes, Craig LeHoullier. Full hour long uncut interview with Craig LeHoullier will be available as the next episode.
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Ukrainian Squash
In this episode, we speak with David Massey, an organic vegetable farmer in Cass County, Minnesota who is very excited about the unique Ukrainian Squash he grows and saved the seed from. It is so sweet, you can juice it! We will be growing and offering this seed with North Circle Seeds in the 2020/2021 Season.
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Food Justice Summit - Seed Stories
In this Episode, we feature seed stories taken from Minnesota seed stewards at the 2019 Food Justice Summit in Duluth, MN. Episode narrated by University of Minnesota graduate student Emily Reno. This episode is sponsored in collaboration with the Rural Sustainable Development Partnership in Northeast and Northwest Minnesota.
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Field Pea
This episode takes a generic turn from our usual focus about a specific varieties to the generic field pea species. A crop that shows promise in our organic systems as it is a non-gmo, nitrogen fixing, high protein feed source that doesn’t need to be heat extruded dissimilar soybean. Researcher Steve Zwinger takes us through a journey of the many uses of this amazing species as well as its potential in organic and local food systems.
Customer Reviews
Very informative and entertaining
Great information about different seeds and crops, presented in a very accessible format. Experienced growers and newbies should both be able to enjoy this podcast.
The people there interview are very knowledgeable and are excellent interview subjects. In addition to the interviews with academic plant breeders, I appreciate that they interview indigenous farmers -- it's great hearing their seed stories for the crops that their Nations have long historical relationships with on their own words, and learning some new tips for growing, harvesting, and preserving them.
The sections with the goofy voices aren't my favorite, but it's their "schtick," and I'm sure others find it entertaining.
This podcast is also connected to a new seed company, which offers regionally adapted seeds for the northern great plains. There is a great need for these seeds and this information for our region, so this podcast is quite valuable. Please keep the episodes coming!
What an awesome show!
I really enjoyed learning about the Hopi Yellow Meated Watermelon and the recipes. Looking forward to the next episode!