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The new website highlights the impressive impact of nearly 50 years ofparticipatory preservation efforts and offers a closer look at current programming.

Since 1975 , Seed Savers Exchange has protected the biodiversity of our nutrient system by maintain rarified , heirloom , and open - pollinated seeds in our seed bank and encouraging nurseryman and husbandman worldwide to farm , harvest , pull through , and share heirloom seeds .

The SSE internet site , www.seedsavers.org , is a critical component of this significant work , and its redesign promise a more square and rewarding drug user experience . Specifically , the novel design supports Seed Savers Exchange ’s nonprofit mission with easier navigation to educational cloth and selective information on SSE ’s multifaceted approach to heirloom seed / variety saving — in situ(home gardens ) through Community Science programme and international partnerships , and ex situ(seed camber ) stewarding at its Heritage Farm headquarters in Decorah , Iowa .

The website contains newinformation onthe collection—20,000 - plus seed variety , 1,200 variety of apple trees , 700 - plus potato varieties , and 200 - plus garlic varieties — recipe , andstewardship stories . Many of the heirloom seeds in our collection have been grow and preserved by generation of families , each with their own compelling stories of why they saved the seeds . Sharing these chronicle , part of SSE ’s mission since its start , facilitates connection through share cultural experience and keep this significant part of history alive .

SSE website homepage

Seed Savers Exchange aim to lease people of all ages and backgrounds in gardening and ejaculate preservation and help their ability to grow healthy , heirloom food . visitor to the website are encouraged to research the shop , preservation , and education centre . Interested in supporting Seed Savers Exchange ’s work in preserve the biodiversity of our food system ? Check out the membership section to teach more about sustaining support .

Seed Savers Exchange , settle north of Decorah , Iowa , stewards America ’s culturally divers and endangered garden and intellectual nourishment craw legacy for present and future generations . The nonprofit educates and tie citizenry through call for , regenerating , and share heirloom seeds , industrial plant , and account .

Video: Take a guided tour of the new Seed Savers Exchange website.

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Copyright © 2025 Seed Savers Exchange . persona on this site are protect by right of first publication — unauthorized use is not permitted .

Seed Savers Exchange is a tax - nontaxable 501(c)3 non-profit-making organization dedicated to the saving of heirloom seeds .

Seed Savers Exchange website displayed on various device screens, including a desktop computer, laptop, tablet, and phone.

Homepage of the Seed Savers Exchange website.