Show Notes
Today we're exploding the sanctity of heirloom seeds and exploring the world of adaptive gardening! Gregg Mueller is here to tell us how (and why) to breed wacky new varieties of veggies like red snow peas, rainbow carrots and miniature melons in the name of climate-proof food. We also talk about seed monopolies and sovereignty, open source seeds, permaculture pitfalls aaaaaand sad and depressed garlic with no sex drive.
🧙♀️ LINKY POOS
Gregg's seed shop ~ Useful Seeds [https://www.usefulseeds.com/]
Gregg on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/useful_seeds/]
Gregg on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/gregg.muller.3/]
The Open Source Seed Initiative [https://osseeds.org/]
The Central Victorian Adaptive Crop Breeding Group on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/groups/3158403817763371/]
Going to Seed ~ International Community of Adaptive Crop Breeding [https://goingtoseed.org/]
📕 READ
Carol Deppe ~ Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties
Joseph Lofthouse ~ Landrace Gardening
[free eBook] Raoul A Robinson ~ Return to Resistance [https://bradyt.ca/garden/Return-to-Resistance.pdf]
Noel Kingsbury ~ Hybrid
CONTACT
Send Gregg an email ~ [email protected]
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NOTE: I've done breathwork every day since this interview and – you gaias! – it's really helping me human.
"In a time of fracturing seasons, when everything's going awry, there are still cycles that we can set our hearts by."