Free Online Event!
Getting the Most Seed Diversity
to the Most People!
We are committed to strengthening our local food systems, and we think you are too. Join our group of experts as we discuss ways to bring seed diversity to our communities.
Whether you’re an experienced seed saver or you’re brand-new, you’ll come away with practical advice to use in your garden and community.
Get your free ticket to Seed Up Saturday 2025!
May 31, 2025 at:
11am Pacific/AZ • 12pm Mountain • 1pm Central • 2pm Eastern
It starts in...
Free Online Event!
Getting the Most Seed Diversity
to the Most People!
We are committed to strengthening our local food systems, and we think you are too. Join our group of experts as we discuss ways to bring seed diversity to our communities.
Whether you’re an experienced seed saver or you’re brand-new, you’ll come away with practical advice to use in your garden and community.
Get your free ticket to Seed Up Saturday 2024!
May 31, 2025 at:
• 11am Pacific/AZ •
• 12pm Mountain •
• 1pm Central •
• 2pm Eastern •
It starts in...
Seed Up Saturday Hosts & Instructors:
Bill McDorman
Owner/Co-founder GASU
Co-founder, SeedSave.org
Instructor, Urban Farm U
Greg Peterson
Owner/Co-founder GASU
Founder, Urban Farm U
Host of Urban Farm Podcast
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Learn from people who are making a difference through their work with seeds!
People just like you are shoring up their local food systems and strengthening their communities.
They'll share how they did it, so you can too!
Bevin Cohen
Writer, poet, herbalist, gardener, seed saver and wanderer. Author of From Our Seeds and Their Keepers.
He is also the founder of MI Seed Library, a community seed sharing initiative that has worked closely with a number of communities to help establish seed library programs across his home state and beyond.
Julia Daikin
Co-founder of Going to Seed, an organization dedicated to promoting seed sovereignty and teaching growers how to adapt crops to local conditions and community preferences.
Julia leads initiatives that empower local growers to build resilient, locally adapted food systems, enhancing community resilience and food diversity.
Rebecca Newburn
Co-Founder of Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library, a free seed exchange located in the Richmond Public Library in Richmond, California where she lives.
Rebecca is the webmaster for SeedLibraries.net, and the editor of Cool Beans! Seed Libraries Newsletter, an international publication supporting local seed projects.
In addition to helping you,
Seed Up Saturday helps your community
You’ll come away with practical tips and ideas to bring your community together so everyone benefits!
It improves your local food economy, and society as a whole:
- Create connection: Forge positive relationships and meet new people by bringing them together over a common goal.
- Develop self-sufficiency: Give someone the skills and tools to grow their own food so they don’t have to rely on the commercial food chain.
- Improve health: Gardening improves mental health, and food picked straight from the vine gives more nutrients than grocery store veggies!
- Build protection: Protect your community from running out of food, while protecting plant diversity and reducing the threat of losing plants to disease and pests.
- Save on food costs: The rising cost of food has affected everyone. Growing your own food is the #1 way to save on food costs (while eating better!)
You know how much of a difference this can make to your community.
We’re here to help you do that!
It's free!
How it works
In this 2-hour live online video broadcast we cover a variety of seed topics.
Whether you’re new or experienced, we’ve got you covered!
You’ll get a good foundation if you need “the basics”, and you’ll also see more advanced techniques.
These presentations will help you in your own garden - and you’ll see how to get your community excited about growing their own food!
Plus, the presenters will be doing live Q&As throughout the workshop so you’ll get your questions answered.
Watch Seed Up Saturday
Join us on Zoom for the live broadcast
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Come away with great ideas and strategies to 'get growing!'
Get Support
Our presenters are there with you live answering questions!
Why is this important?
Thing is, our food system is fragile.
Grocery stores stock only 3 days of food on the shelves...
And we've all seen how quickly that sells out if something happens!
It doesn't even take much - one good storm can affect food availability for weeks (even months).
It's a real problem that affects all of us.
Bottom line is, there's not enough fresh food for everyone.
Thankfully, there's a simple solution: grow your OWN food!
But most communities don't have enough seeds to grow the food they need.
That's why we need to understand how to care for the seeds, just like we understand how to care for the plants.
And that is what makes us different - we're real "seed people".
This is what we do. We've been teaching people for decades how to become more resilient and support their local food systems.
We're doing this because we deeply care about the environment, sustainability, and community - just like you!
During Seed Up Saturday you'll see how to:
- Get quality seeds
- Store seeds so they last
- Start your seeds so they thrive
- Share your seeds to grow different kinds of food
See how to give your community the resiliency it needs from having a local and sustainable food supply - by sharing the joy of growing your own food!
Join Seed Up Saturday & start successfully saving seeds in your community.
It's Free!
You should attend if...
You want to support your community
Whether you're a part of a community already, or you're looking to start one - Seed Up Saturday helps you support.
Perfect for:
- Seed Swaps
- Community Gardens
- Community Centers
- Seed Libraries
- Churches
- Schools
- Gardening Groups
- Small Farms
- ... and more
You'll want to improve your food-growing skills
We understand that there's more to seeds than just sticking them in soil.
Once you understand the basics, they'll keep you fed for life!
Plus, when you grow your own food you know exactly what goes into it.
Unlike conventional produce you'd buy at the grocery store, you can grow your own food without using pesticides or preservatives.
We'll show you how to gather the seeds and store them to use next season so you can continue to grow your own food!
And don't even get us STARTED about how much better it tastes. You'll never want to eat store-bought again :)
Growing your own food is one of the simplest ways to help climate change
Your food will travel just a few feet, instead of thousands of miles - which saves on transportation emissions and the need for processing and refrigerating food.
You can make a difference - while enjoying fresher, healthier, tastier food!
Join us for Seed Up Saturday so you can:
- Successfully save seeds so you never need to buy that variety again
(even if you're new to seed saving or gardening!) - Boost your local food economy, safety and sufficiency
- Eat healthy homegrown food while saving on food costs
- Protect plant diversity and strengthen your local food system
- Get your community excited and engaged while adding thousands
of seeds to your local seed economy
Growing your own food is the most revolutionary thing you can do.
It's the #1 thing that can change both your life - and the opportunities for generations to come.
Join us for Seed Up Saturday 2025!
May 31, 2025 at:
11am AZ/Pacific • 12pm Mountain • 1pm Central • 2pm Eastern
It's free!
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