This Independent Study examines the ways in which the relationships formed through seed saving and exchange in Appalachia foster community resilience by expanding emplacement and food sovereignty. My research begins by outlining the concepts and data that inform popular thought around seedsaving and food sovereignty, while attempting to discuss seedkeeping and its surrounding practices as place-based “ways of knowing.” I spoke with three seedsavers, farmers, and gardeners who grew food in the Appalachian region and developed the majority of my discussion chapter around the themes that arose during our interviews. My analysis endeavors to entangle our conversations in a broader discussion of how material relationships with living entities (t...
This article presents ethnographic research with in situ seed-savers and seed activists in London, U...
This thesis argues that in Appalachia there is a burgeoning food sovereignty movement which is using...
This book is about seeds and why and how seeds matter today, as in the past. Under the main headings...
Saving More Than Seeds advances understandings of seed-people relations, with particular focus on se...
Within the United States, many marginalized communities have long-standing food growing traditions, ...
This project explores the significance of seed saving as an integral part of sustainable agriculture...
Informal seed saving continues even in the context of an increasingly industrialized and globalized ...
To put it simply, seeds are the essence of life. Without their varied yields, the earth would have n...
For Indigenous communities where agriculture is historically or contemporarily a component of their ...
Visions for the future of the global agri-food system are often polarizing. Facing such issues as cl...
Plants have nurtured Native communities' physical, spiritual, and social well-being for centuries, w...
Supplementing safety net programs, local food production initiatives are beginning to gain traction ...
Seed banking has become a hopeful technology of ex situ conservation in the face of devastating biod...
Since the beginning of agriculture, seeds have been cultivated, saved, and exchanged by farmers each...
Mainstream campaigns for better food within the United States – including local, organic, and regene...
This article presents ethnographic research with in situ seed-savers and seed activists in London, U...
This thesis argues that in Appalachia there is a burgeoning food sovereignty movement which is using...
This book is about seeds and why and how seeds matter today, as in the past. Under the main headings...
Saving More Than Seeds advances understandings of seed-people relations, with particular focus on se...
Within the United States, many marginalized communities have long-standing food growing traditions, ...
This project explores the significance of seed saving as an integral part of sustainable agriculture...
Informal seed saving continues even in the context of an increasingly industrialized and globalized ...
To put it simply, seeds are the essence of life. Without their varied yields, the earth would have n...
For Indigenous communities where agriculture is historically or contemporarily a component of their ...
Visions for the future of the global agri-food system are often polarizing. Facing such issues as cl...
Plants have nurtured Native communities' physical, spiritual, and social well-being for centuries, w...
Supplementing safety net programs, local food production initiatives are beginning to gain traction ...
Seed banking has become a hopeful technology of ex situ conservation in the face of devastating biod...
Since the beginning of agriculture, seeds have been cultivated, saved, and exchanged by farmers each...
Mainstream campaigns for better food within the United States – including local, organic, and regene...
This article presents ethnographic research with in situ seed-savers and seed activists in London, U...
This thesis argues that in Appalachia there is a burgeoning food sovereignty movement which is using...
This book is about seeds and why and how seeds matter today, as in the past. Under the main headings...