{"id":38777,"date":"2024-04-15t14:03:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-15t14:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/?p=38777"},"modified":"2024-04-15t14:03:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15t14:03:49","slug":"seed-saving-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/seed-saving-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"a community approach to seed saving builds resilient agriculture in boulder, colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
mason jars filled with hundreds of thousands of seeds line the shelves inside a small house in boulder, co. nearly every seed has been touched by a farmer at masa seed foundation, meticulously cleaned, examined, and counted before being stored. at masa, this small team of farmers works throughout the year, often seven days a week, to grow organic, bio regionally adapted crops. unlike other farms, masa rounds out the process by saving these seeds to be preserved for the next season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
masa is taking their practices back to the age before industrial farming, when saving a harvest\u2019s seeds, sharing, and trading them in the community was normal. but as populations grew and farms scaled up, the industry transitioned to genetically modified seeds, bio-engineered to withstand blights, resist toxic pesticides that otherwise would kill the plant, and maximize the yield and nutritional value. as the industry focused on crops designed for mass production, nearly 90% of crop varieties in agriculture were lost according to the food and agriculture organization<\/a> of the united nations.<\/p>\n\n\n