857: Rebecca Newburn on Building Seed Swap Resources

The Urban Farm Podcast with Greg Peterson

Seed exchange resources, tips and tools.

In This Podcast: Rebecca Newburn, discusses the importance and logistics of organizing seed swaps. She explains the benefits of seed swaps, including local adaptation of seeds and community connections. Then highlights various resources she's created, such as organizing guides, seed swap participants guides, and seed labeling templates to improve the experience for both donors and borrowers. Rebecca also emphasizes the importance of proper labeling and education on seed diversity and viability. Additionally, she introduces innovative tools and resources available on SeedLibraryNetwork.org to aid seed swap organizers and participants.

Our Guest:  Rebecca is the co founder of Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library, a free seed exchange located in the Richmond public library in Richmond, California, where she lives to create a library template.

She designed has helped thousands of seed libraries launch around the world. She is the founder of seed library network dot org and created. The Cool Beans Seed Libraries Newsletter, an international publication supporting local seed projects. Rebecca appeared on our podcast in episode 700 in October of 2022. So for an in depth look at what seed libraries can do for you, you can listen there.

Visit UrbanFarm.org/SeedSwap for the show notes and links on this episode!

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