Saving seeds can be very simple: let them mature, collect them, dry them well and keep them until the next season. But around the world, farmers have developed very different ways of doing this.
Seed Saving Traditions Around the World brings together practical seed-saving advice with techniques used by farming communities in the Andes, the Sahel, the Mediterranean, Asia and Northern Europe. Seeds are stored in clay jars, baskets, gourds, granaries or even mixed with ash, each method shaped by a different climate and landscape.
The book explains how to harvest, clean, dry and store seeds from vegetables, herbs, grains and legumes, with tables for viability and isolation distances and a simple method for building your own seed library at home.
A practical guide, but also a look at the people who have kept seeds alive from one generation to the next.
Book Details
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Pages: 113
Size: 6 × 9 in / 152 × 229 mm
Thickness: 0.26 in / approx. 6.6 mm
Weight: 5.7 oz / approx. 162 g
Publication date: December 9, 2025
