Really beautiful piece by Kea Krause on seed-saving, motherhood, and thinking about seeds with hope, not doom. Beautiful photos by Levon Biss. It will inspire my gardening; I saved seeds from an extra delicious melon, more to come. https://orionmagazine.org/article/seedsavers/

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#Fediscience #Introduction:

I'm Erik, I do agricultural research in the global South with CGIAR.
Based in Lao PDR, working in SEA, East Africa, South America.

I publish on seed systems, agrobiodiversity, agronomy, plant disease, and food systems.

Finishing a PhD at WUR on the social, physical, institutional, and legal elements of cassava seed systems in SEA.

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