Join Sefra Alexandra, The Seed Huntress, on a virtual seed conservation safari! Find out how seeds are saved in global seed banks, in our living seed banks (the soil), and in our local seed library. Together, we will explore the importance of fortifying an ecoregional “seedshed” of native seeds to support pollinator health. We’ll also hear about ecological restoration and the importance of local food security. Let’s learn about the benefits of putting the right plants in the right place.

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Sponsored by Friends of Cossitt Library, Granby Agricultural Commission and Granby Land Trust.

About the presenter:

The Seed Huntress is an ethnobotanist on an endurance race to preserve the biodiversity of our wild and cultivated lands through seed conservation. Sefra leads The Ecotype Project to amplify the amount of truly local native seed available for ecological restoration, creating the first ecoregional seed supply chain in the Northeast, USA. In 2020 she began BOATanical.org where she guides expeditions that are paddlin’ for the pollinators, planting native plants by boat along riparian corridors. Sefra holds her M.A.T. in agroecological education from Cornell University, is a fellow of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, a WINGS WorldQuest expedition flag carrier, member of the Explorers Club and runs a wilderness skills school, The Readiness Collective, with her twin brother.