Seed Savers Exchange

Seed Savers Exchange
AbbreviationSSE
Formation1975 (1975)
FounderKent Whealy and Diane Ott Whealy
Headquarters"Heritage Farm": 3094 North Winn Rd, Decorah, Iowa 52101, USA
Region served
All 50 United States and internationally[1]
ProductsSeeds, plants, gardening tools and resources
ServicesFacilitates an online and postal seed swap
Membership
13,000 members[1]
Budget
About $5 million USD[2]
Websiteseedsavers.org
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Seed Savers Exchange, or SSE, is a non-profit organization based near Decorah, Iowa, that preserves heirloom plant varieties through regeneration, distribution and seed exchange. It is one of the largest nongovernmental seedbanks in the United States.[4] The mission of SSE is to preserve the world’s diverse but endangered garden heritage for future generations by building a network of people committed to collecting, conserving, and sharing heirloom seeds and plants, and educating people about the value of genetic and cultural diversity. Since 1975, Seed Savers has produced an annual yearbook of members’ seed offerings, as well as multiple editions of The Garden Seed Inventory, and The Fruit, Nut and Berry Inventory. SSE also publishes Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners. The nonprofit has sold seeds to about 600 retail stores in the United States and Canada.[2]

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  3. ^ "Seed Savers Exchange Website Mission Page". Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  4. ^ Siebert, Charles (July 2011), "Food Ark", National Geographic, 220 (1): 114–115, OCLC 74181468, archived from the original on June 19, 2011.