#299: How to Save & Preserve Your Heirloom Vegetable Varieties with Philip Kauth of Seed Savers Exchange
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In this episode of the Vegetable Gardening show, Mike chats with Philip Kauth of Seed Savers Exchange. Philip is the seed bank manager at Seed Savers Exchange where they are dedicated to saving and sharing open pollinated seeds.Philip is going to share with us how Seed Savers Exchange got started, why it is so important to share heirloom varieties, and the one thing that Seed Savers Exchange does that most seed banks do not.From there, Philip will tell us the fun story behind the Work Release Paste Tomato, and even share some of his favorite seeds from the collection of over 25,000 varieties.This and so much more on this week's episode of The Vegetable Gardening Show!
WATCH THIS EPISODE ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: CLICK HEREHere's what we'll cover in this episode of The Vegetable Gardening Show
? How Seed Savers Exchange Got Started? The number of heirloom seeds that SSE has at any one time? Preserving and Sharing Garden Varieties? Seed Historian? The Work Release Paste Tomato? What is the difference between a GMO, Hybrid and heirloom variety? SSE Helping You Save Seeds? How Seed Savers Exchange gets their seeds into your hands
Mentioned in this episode of The Vegetable Gardening Show
? Seed Savers Exchange? Mother Earth News? The Seed Garden
About this week's guest, Philip Kauth
Seed Savers Exchange is a nonprofit dedicated to saving and sharing open pollinated seeds. Located in Decorah, IA, Seed Savers Exchange has a collection of over 25,000 varieties of garden varieties, grapes, and apples. Since 1975, Seed Savers Exchange has brought together passionate people who are concerned about preserving our gardening and food crop heritage.Philip Kauth is the Seed Bank Manager at Seed Savers Exchange. He has been with Seed Savers Exchange in various roles since 2013 including Assistant Curator in charge of the evaluation program and tissue culture lab manager in charge of preserving the potato collection.
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