Our Goals
EDUCATE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
Educate community members on how to grow food and save seeds.
MAINTAIN SEEDS IN STORAGE
Maintain a collection of rare and heirloom seeds and make them available to people in the Creston Valley and across the Kootenays.
CONTROL QUALITY
Apply quality standards when selecting, growing, saving, and storing seeds.
DISTRIBUTE SEEDS
Enhance long-term food security by preserving a diverse seed collection in frozen storage for distribution in the event of a crisis.
DONATE FOOD
We donate produce that is not needed for seed saving to people in need.
PRESERVE RARE SEEDS
We maintain seeds of rare, heirloom, and locally developed varieties.
ENGAGE VOLUNTEERS TO HELP IN GARDENS AND GREENHOUSE
We know that volunteers are the basis for our success.