Mar 11, 2026
Jesse Frost operates Rough Draft Farm in Kentucky with his wife, Hannah Crabtree. Jesse is also the author of The Living Soil Handbook and hosts the No-Till Growers Podcast. As a writer and farmer, Jesse approaches plant breeding as a creative process; a rough draft shaped by the unique terroir of his land.
In this...
Mar 4, 2026
This minisode is about unexpected seed opportunities in your cold room.
And those opportunities are the roots you’re storing in that cold room and haven’t eaten yet.
Most root crops are biennials, and you might be able to plant these roots as second year biennials and get a seed crop this summer!
This is true...
Feb 25, 2026
Edmund Frost is a seed grower and plant breeder based at Twin Oaks Community in Virginia. He is the manager of Commonwealth Seed Growers, a cooperative seed company focused on regionally adapted varieties for the Southeast.
In this episode, Edmund shares the hidden realities of contract growing and his efforts to...
Feb 18, 2026
This minisode is a conversation with Lucy Sharratt of the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN).
I invited Lucy to talk about the new genetically engineered Purple Tomato. This the first biotech vegetable seed being directly marketed to home gardeners. It’s important for folks in the seed world to be aware of...
Feb 12, 2026
Bonnetta Adeeb is a founding member of the Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance, a program of the non-profit STEAM Onward based in Maryland. Bonnetta is dedicated to increasing the number of BIPOC seed farmers stewarding culturally meaningful crops and liberating seeds from “seed jail”.
In this episode, Bonnetta...