Success StorySeed Savers at the Tool Library



Seed Savers at the Tool Library

Author: Von Barnes

Planning Unit: Jefferson County CES

Major Program: Local Food Systems

Plan of Work: Promoting Sustainable Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Urban Forestry

Outcome: Initial Outcome

Louisville Tool Library is a great place for community to gather, especially if they want to become backyard farmers and start yardens. There has been a monthly seed savers workshop with Jody Dahmer of Beargrass Thunder and Von Barnes of KYSU Cooperative Extension where they demonstrate techniques to saving seeds and preserving a variety of seeds from plants that have produced well around the county. The primary 

focus of these workshops are to get more growers in the community to produce heat tolerant varieties of annuals so seeds can be saved from those plants and shared with more neighbors.

Von explains, “We were able to get a huge donation last season from Mo at the Rural King, and that got us off to a great start. Now we need more people bringing the seeds they harvested back so we can build up a stronger supply.” 

We are noticing a behavior shift in the frequency of neighbors coming to get seeds and start their backyard farms and yardens. Alot more food is being produced and we are thankful everyone comes to the event to learn.






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