Posts by Petra Page-Mann
What sows local food? Seeds! Most of the seed sown in the Northeast is grown in arid climates, often thousands of miles away. However, a burgeoning awareness that local food starts with local seed has come to the table, with passionate voices joining the conversation. “Food is life,” says Scott Signori, head chef and owner…
Read MoreWith over thirty years of combined agricultural experience, Matthew Goldfarb and Petra Page-Mann co-founded Fruition Seeds in 2012 to improve and develop our regional genetic resources. Currently growing over sixty seed crops on three acres in the heart of the Finger Lakes of New York, they are dedicated to organic, open-pollinated and regionally adapted…
Read MoreThere is so much in a seed. Each seed tells the story of its entire life history, millions of years in the making. A few seeds, in a single generation, may travel the globe. Most will stay within their watershed and most likely, their microclimate. In this way, seeds become profoundly adapted to place. The…
Read MoreWelcome to our new feature column on the topic of seeds! As local and organic become mainstream, the seed sowing our food has largely been left out of the conversation. Why does seed matter? In no way small or simple, each seed (open-pollinated, hybrid, GMO) sows a story much larger and more complex than its…
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