Seed Savers Exchange

It’s not too late to make a gift to Seed Savers Exchange today and do good for our world. Your gift to Seed Savers Exchange by midnight TONIGHT, December 31, will be matched, up to $25,000. Make a gift that bridges generations and offers hope for the future, one seed at a time. Make a gift here: https://lnkd.in/gA-bzgqh P.S. Happy New Year!! 🥳 #DoGood #SeedSaversExchange #TaxDeductibleGifts #NewYearsEve2024 #BeTheChange

When seeds are in our seed bank collection here at Seed Savers Exchange, they are protected. When seeds are growing in gardens, they thrive. Saving, safeguarding, and sharing SSE’s seed supply is at the heart of our work and mission. The new year is just around the corner, and we're looking forward to continuing our critical work to save and share heirloom seeds. Please consider joining our mission by making a year-end, tax-deductible gift to Seed Savers Exchange. Your contribution is crucial to safeguarding thousands of seed varieties that nourish people today and will continue to do so for generations to come. Give by TOMORROW, December 31, at midnight and your gift will be MATCHED up to $25,000! Give here to make a difference: https://lnkd.in/gA-bzgqh #DoGood #SeedSharing #Nonprofit #SeedSaversExchange #TaxDeductibleGifts #BeTheChange

With your support, Seed Savers Exchange helps to ensure that open-pollinated, adaptable varieties are around to face the world’s climate and food access challenges. When you make a tax-deductible gift to Seed Savers Exchange, YOU protect the future. Here’s how your gift is put to work: 🌍 Maintaining a living genebank of over 20,000 unique, rare, and endangered seed varieties. 🤝 Growing, saving, and distributing heirloom seeds to gardeners and farmers. 📗 Educating people about the importance of seed saving and biodiversity. ❤️ Supporting local seed-saving and seed-sharing initiatives. You make a difference! Give by midnight, December 31 and your gift will be MATCHED up to $25,000! Give here: https://lnkd.in/gA-bzgqh #DoGood #Nonprofit #SeedStewardship #Biodiversity #TaxDeductibleGift #BeTheChange

Wishing you a merry and bright holiday season! Holiday Closure Notice: Seed Savers Exchange offices are closed for the holidays from December 24, 2024, to January 1, 2025. We are happy to give our dedicated staff time with their loved ones. We will re-open operations and regular business hours on Thursday, January 2. Orders can be placed online 24/7. Orders made during the break will be processed when staff return to the office. #HappyHolidays #HappyNewYear #HeritageFarm #WhiteChristmas

Seed Savers Exchange is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2025! To mark the milestone, we partnered with Edible Communities to host seed swaps at 10 sites across the United States on #NationalSeedSwapDay, held on Saturday, January 25, 2025. We hope to connect local seed enthusiasts in person to build community around the open sharing of open-pollinated seeds, one of our core values since our founding. Locations: Edible Chicago, location TBD Edible Silicon Valley, East Palo Alto, California Edible Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona Edible South Florida, Miami, Florida Edible Capital District, Schenectady, New York Edible Philly, Pottstown, Pennsylvania Edible Blue Ridge, Roanoke, Virginia Edible Northeast Florida, St. Augustine, Florida Edible Dallas Fort Worth, Pilot Point, Texas Edible Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas We will also be hosting our own seed swap that day in Decorah, Iowa. Mark your calendars for Saturday, January 25, 2025! Learn more information here: https://lnkd.in/gYPwNbUW

🎉 Seed Savers Exchange is excited to announce the call for proposals for Growing Together, our 45th Annual Virtual Conference! Join us as we reflect on the past, celebrate the present, and build toward the future of the seed community! Please find more information and submit your proposal here:  https://lnkd.in/g5XDQqQN 📅 The deadline for submissions is January 17, 2025. Please reach out to events@seedsavers.org if you have any questions. We look forward to reading your proposal! 📲 Know someone who would be a great fit for SSE’s 2025 Virtual Conference? Share this post! Pictured: ‘Gatterman’ corn from the SSE seed bank collection. #SeedSaversExchange #VirtualConference #SSEConference2025 #SeedCommunity #SpeakingOpportunity

Norma thought her beloved heirloom pepper seeds had been lost. In 2024, Seed Savers Exchange received a call from Norma Ortiz, a dedicated gardener and seed saver. Four years earlier, Norma had donated 'Angelica's Little Diablo' pepper seeds to Seed Savers Exchange, ensuring its preservation for future generations. But this year, Norma’s own garden faced an unexpected challenge. She had lost her entire supply of 'Angelica’s Little Diablo' seeds. Norma asked if SSE could send her some of the seed regenerated since her donation. Thanks to the generous support of our community of donors, we were able to say yes immediately! Angelica received the “delicious, but hot” variety from a woman named Angelica. But the ‘Angelica’s Little Diablo’ pepper can be traced back at least 150 years. (Read the full history on our newest blog post! Check out the link in the comments of this post.) This moment of fear, suspecting a treasured garden variety being lost, shows why the mission of Seed Savers Exchange is critical. Seeds do so much more than grow plants and provide food. They create connections to our heritage, our history, and to our community. Seeds build resilience, and they strengthen biodiversity. The reality is that many heirloom seed varieties are at risk today. That’s why the work to prevent the extinction of heirloom seeds like ‘Angelica’s Little Diablo’ pepper needs to continue on. Once these seeds are gone, they’re forever lost. #SeedStories #SeedStewardship #HeirloomSeeds #Preservation #NonprofitWork #DoGood

💛 There’s still time to join the thousands of people choosing to make a difference this #GivingTuesday! With your help, we can regenerate the nearly 20,000 priceless crop varieties in our collection and get them into the hands of gardeners, where they belong. Together, we can ensure these varieties are around for generations to come. Make a donation NOW to support positive change! The process is simple and starts with the link to our GivingTuesday donation page (check the comments of this post for the link!) So far, we have raised over $13,000. This will be our last update of today and we want to say a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who came together to support our mission! "To plant a garden today is to believe in tomorrow." – Audrey Hepburn 💛 #SeedStewardship #MakeADifference #PreserveBiodiversity #Nonprofit

WOW! Thanks to your support, we met our GivingTuesday goal of $5000 this morning! And thanks to another generous donor we are able to UP our goal, offering a match of $13,500! Make your donation now and your gift will be DOUBLED! With your help, we can regenerate the nearly 20,000 priceless crop varieties in our collection and get them into the hands of gardeners, where they belong. Look in the comments for the link to give! P.S. 💌 Another way to support is sharing our GivingTuesday posts with friends and contacts in your network! #SeedStewardship #MakeADifference #PreserveBiodiversity #Nonprofit

📢 It’s #GivingTuesday!!! Seed Savers Exchange is a nonprofit dedicated to preserving, cherishing, and sharing heirloom seeds. We steward a living collection of nearly 20,000 heirloom, open-pollinated, non-gmo crop varieties. These seeds are truly priceless. Not only do they compose an irreplaceable genetic resource and contribute to the security of our future food supply, but these seeds carry rich cultural and family histories. But we cannot regenerate and share these heirlooms without your help! Make a gift TODAY and join the thousands of people worldwide choosing to make a difference on GivingTuesday! Your donation preserves crop biodiversity and keeps these important seeds and their histories alive. The process to make a difference is simple, and it starts with the link to our GivingTuesday donation page, which you can find in the comment section of this post. Plus, thanks to a generous donor, your gift will be DOUBLED! Your support will go twice as far. Help us unlock this matching gift to help us reach our goal of $5000! We look forward to sharing more updates with you throughout the day! #SeedStewardship #MakeADifference #PreserveBiodiversity #Nonprofit