Speaker: Heron Breen, Fruits of our Labor Farm, Maine, USA. Heron shares his research about how the seed trade has developed in the Northeast USA from the 1700s to present day, with help from Stephen Silverbear McComber and Adrienne Shelton who contributed visual content.

This is 1 of 9 videos created/edited for the series On-farm Seed Saving for Climate Resilience, delivered by The Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security (a program of SeedChange) for Atlantic Canadian farmers in 2026. This series, accompanied by a “Reading and Resource List”, addresses 3 themes: (1) the seed industry, (2) seed adaptation and breeding, and (3) Integrating seed crop production into your farm.

Other videos in the series:
Scaling Seed Security
Contract Growing
Seed Diversity in Canada, Bob Wildfong
Why Diverse and OP Seed?
The Adaptive Power of OP Seed
Why I Save Seeds
Integrating Seed Production at Broadfork Farm
Challenges and Opportunities of On-farm Seed Saving