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How to Save Collard Seeds
How To Save Collard Seeds explores seed saving, seed growing and seed heritage in the Southeast USA. Interviews with farmers and growers across the south tell a story of seed heritage deeper than any one variety. Take a deep dive into saving collard seeds to learn both the technical side of saving seeds and the reasons why it's so important.
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Collards heralded from the cold climate of Northern Europe and arrived in New England in the early days of colonization. Originally called coleworts and later known as collards, this food crop was considered inferior to its close relative, the cabbage. When collards made their way to the southeast via the east coast seed trade, they were readily adopted by enslaved Africans. Collards may not have been something they were already familiar with, but a culinary tradition of cooking with dark leafy greens and an appreciation of their nutritive sustenance resonated with African cooks. The Heirloom Collard Project has done extensive work to document the legacy of collards and profile the incredible diversity of this distinctly African American crop - learn more at www.heirloomcollards.org.
In 2021 The Utopian Seed Project and Communal Studios received a grant from Southern SARE to create a Southeast Seed video series. The project traveled across 12 states and interviewed over 50 farmers, community gardeners, seed savers, seed growers and seed advocates. The footage was weaved together to tell the story and seed saving of six southern crops: corn, okra, southern peas, collards, sweet potatoes and squash.
This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2020-38640-31521 through the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program under subaward number LS21-351. USDA is an equal opportunity employer and service provider.
Learn more at www.seseed.org
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How to Save Okra Seeds
มุมมอง 537ปีที่แล้ว
How To Save Okra explores seed saving, seed growing and seed heritage in the Southeast USA. Interviews with farmers and growers across the south tell a story of seed heritage deeper than any one variety. Take a deep dive into saving okra to learn both the technical side of saving seeds and the reasons why it's so important. This video features Jon Jackson of Comfort Farms and his West African O...
How to Save Squash Seeds
มุมมอง 344ปีที่แล้ว
How To Save Squash Seeds explores seed saving, seed growing and seed heritage in the Southeast USA. Interviews with farmers and growers across the south tell a story of seed heritage deeper than any one variety. Take a deep dive into saving squash to learn both the technical side of saving seeds and the reasons why it's so important. Cucurbita spp. represents five domesticated edible squash spe...
How to Propagate Sweet Potatoes
มุมมอง 901ปีที่แล้ว
How To Propagate Sweet Potatoes explores on farm propagation of sweet potato slips and making selections for regional adaptation. Interviews with farmers and growers across the south tell a story of seed heritage deeper than any one variety. Take a deep dive into propagating sweet potato slips to learn both the technical side of saving seeds and the reasons why it's so important. Ipomea batatas...
How to Save Corn Seed
มุมมอง 2.6Kปีที่แล้ว
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO EXPLICITLY STATE THE FOLLOWING: Corn (Zea mays) has an extremely long history in the Americas and is culturally and spiritually significant to native and indigenous communities. The astounding diversity of corn that exists is thanks to thousands of years of seed keeping and stewardship. The very recent history of colonization and European invasion and oppression has ca...
Why Saving Seeds Matters
มุมมอง 253ปีที่แล้ว
This is the final episode of our Southeast Seed video series and concludes with the message that regional seed saving and seed growing is as important today as it ever was, in fact it's maybe more important that you claim seed sovereignty in times of global unrest and climate change. In 2021 The Utopian Seed Project and Communal Studios received a grant from Southern SARE to create a Southeast ...
How to Save Southern Peas
มุมมอง 318ปีที่แล้ว
How To Save Southern Peas explores seed saving, seed growing and seed heritage in the Southeast USA. Interviews with farmers and growers across the south tell a story of seed heritage deeper than any one variety. Take a deep dive into saving southern peas to learn both the technical side of saving seeds and the reasons why it's so important. Botanists have placed the Southern Pea’s genetic home...
Southeast Seed - A Trailer
มุมมอง 836ปีที่แล้ว
Southeast Seed: this video series focuses on six southern crops, using interview footage from 30 farmers across 12 states to produce an eight episode series about growing seeds in the Southeast. The series is both a practical guide to saving seeds and a deeper exploration into seeds, heritage and ethics. This project was funded by Southern SARE. Subscribe to this channel! Learn more at seseed.o...
How to Save Seed for 6 Important Crops
มุมมอง 632ปีที่แล้ว
This short introduction to the Southeast Seed video series introduces some of the interviewees and the crops that we'll explore throughout the video series. Get inspired and learn how to grow and save seed in the Southeast. In 2021 The Utopian Seed Project and Communal Studios received a grant from Southern SARE to create a Southeast Seed video series. The project traveled across 12 states and ...
Ira Wallace and The Heirloom Collard Project
มุมมอง 9622 ปีที่แล้ว
Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange shares some of the history and motivation behind The Heirloom Collard Project from Mineral VA (Acorn Community Farm).
Ultracross Collards, Seed Pods are ALMOST Ready - May Update with Ira Wallace
มุมมอง 952 ปีที่แล้ว
This video is part of the Ultracross Collard Community Seed Selection project. We are committed to providing education support and resources to help you be successful in helping us with growing your collards and saving seeds! Ira and Chris talk about collards in May/June, when they have already flowered and the seed pods are getting good and plump. Often it can take just a few more weeks to get...
Ultracross Collards - January Update with Ira Wallace
มุมมอง 1612 ปีที่แล้ว
This video is part of the Ultracross Collard Community Seed Selection project. We are committed to providing education support and resources to help you be successful in helping us with growing your collards and saving seeds! Ira and Chris talk about January collards, eating and growing collards, some ideas around plant selection, and what to expect as spring spurs new growth for your surviving...
Whidby White Okra - Selecting Dried Pods and Mature Seeds
มุมมอง 4272 ปีที่แล้ว
This video is part of the Sow True Seed sponsored Whidby White Okra Community Seed Selection project. We are committed to providing education support and resources to help you be successful in helping us with this project! This video covers the correct time to harvest your pods to ensure that the seeds are mature for planting the following year. It's important that the seeds are dried and dark ...
Ultracross Collards in Florida with Melissa Desa - A Community Seed Selection Project
มุมมอง 1143 ปีที่แล้ว
This video is part of the Ultracross Collard Community Seed Selection project. We are committed to providing educational support and resources to help you be successful with growing your collards and saving seeds! Working Food, based in Gainesville Florida, are distributing seeds and taking part in this project. We're excited to reach out to a more southern community and speak to co-founder, Me...
Exploring the Okra Forest!
มุมมอง 3233 ปีที่แล้ว
Exploring the Okra Forest!
Welcome to Ultracross Collards - A Community Seed Selection Project
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Welcome to Ultracross Collards - A Community Seed Selection Project
Whidby White Okra - Final Selection and August Bud Bagging
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Whidby White Okra - Final Selection and August Bud Bagging
Whidby White Okra - July Pod Selections
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Whidby White Okra - July Pod Selections
Whidby White Okra - July Pod Production and Color Spectrum Chart
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Whidby White Okra - July Pod Production and Color Spectrum Chart
Whidby White Okra - June Field Transplant Update
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Whidby White Okra - June Field Transplant Update
Whidby White Okra - May Seeding Update
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Whidby White Okra - May Seeding Update
Whidby White Okra - Germination and Seeding
มุมมอง 1743 ปีที่แล้ว
Whidby White Okra - Germination and Seeding
Whidby White Okra - What's in the Community Seed Selection Kit?
มุมมอง 3523 ปีที่แล้ว
Whidby White Okra - What's in the Community Seed Selection Kit?
In The Field: Collard Cross Pollination
มุมมอง 1753 ปีที่แล้ว
In The Field: Collard Cross Pollination
Experimental Farm Walk Through - Oct 16 2020
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Experimental Farm Walk Through - Oct 16 2020
Plant Breeder Profile: Edmund Frost (2018 Tony Kleese Awardee)
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Plant Breeder Profile: Edmund Frost (2018 Tony Kleese Awardee)
Homemade Seed Winnower - Test I - Sunflower Seeds
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Homemade Seed Winnower - Test I - Sunflower Seeds
Preventing Cross Pollination in Okra Flowers for Seed Saving
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Preventing Cross Pollination in Okra Flowers for Seed Saving
Introducing Bambara Groundnut with Michael Carter (a Utopian Seed Project Meet-the-Plant series)
มุมมอง 5K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Introducing Bambara Groundnut with Michael Carter (a Utopian Seed Project Meet-the-Plant series)
How to Make Sweet Potato Leaf Pesto (Recipe)
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How to Make Sweet Potato Leaf Pesto (Recipe)

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  • @craigswanson8026
    @craigswanson8026 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You’re still a beautiful human being, Edmund. ✌🏼💚🏴

  • @anitamorgan7465
    @anitamorgan7465 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Looks good. I need to harvest some more leaves now so I might try this!

  • @daniellecummings7524
    @daniellecummings7524 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'm reading a book written in 1950 called "Little Britches" and his father made a winnower. I didn't know what it was and found your page. Thank you for showing it to me. Now, it makes sense.

  • @kylamackay3079
    @kylamackay3079 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That’s awesome.

  • @JAsisterti
    @JAsisterti หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lol- This is all kinds of awesomeness 🤩🤩😎

  • @kieranlerch1256
    @kieranlerch1256 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You might have included something about how to save corn seed in this video titled "How To Save Corn Seed"

  • @shirleyyoungblood1763
    @shirleyyoungblood1763 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just got into saving organic seed from the food I’ve bought from a local organic farmer. It’s so important more people learn how to save seed and grow their own food. Our food sources are being wiped out and now the food in the grocery store is no longer real and has no nutritional value. Glad I found this channel

  • @ManicBeastBoise
    @ManicBeastBoise หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ugh.

  • @TamataThomas
    @TamataThomas 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh boy those seed does look so nice when you open the pod from early as it turn a little brown

  • @fredrickvanolphen3299
    @fredrickvanolphen3299 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks so much for sharing! ❤️🙏❤️ This is an absolute must given the weevil invested garbage that Pennington is passing off as quality wild bird seed: I would suggest returning the 80% weevil munched.

  • @fredrickvanolphen3299
    @fredrickvanolphen3299 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks so much for sharing! ❤️🙏❤️ I hope you know that 'climate change' is an excuse to cover up the fact that we're in a twin sun system and the geoengineered skies are to disguise the fact.

  • @milkrecu
    @milkrecu 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fun and creative project! How has it gone these last two years? What’s a “stuffing okra”?

  • @vetadanielle5206
    @vetadanielle5206 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank u for the video! How can I get seeds to try and grow my own? I see so many similar names but not sure which to purchase

  • @C3Voyage
    @C3Voyage 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the video. When you bagged the flower, it was facing skyward. The stigma is on the top. If there's no pollinator, how did the pollen get from below the stigma up to it to pollinate it? Did you take the bag off and hand pollinate after it opened (day or 2 later)?

  • @sandralee3990
    @sandralee3990 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome knowledge from so many. Great to watch them do their magic.

  • @shalomtoday
    @shalomtoday 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👍

  • @morningsunhomesteaders5466
    @morningsunhomesteaders5466 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am delighted to have found your channel I am looking forward to learning more about your projects.😊

  • @saileshram7610
    @saileshram7610 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Emily Fans😂

  • @mariondavisjr.5791
    @mariondavisjr.5791 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great idea! Thank you!

  • @chandimasenadheera4245
    @chandimasenadheera4245 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I want to more information and please help me.

  • @1HorseOpenSlay
    @1HorseOpenSlay ปีที่แล้ว

    I got some from Baker Creek last year! It's really really amazing turquoise corn 💙

  • @EGYA3MU
    @EGYA3MU ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazon bro

  • @camperjack2620
    @camperjack2620 ปีที่แล้ว

    High quality. I liked your explanation; it was very clear.

  • @chozen_1309
    @chozen_1309 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing!! Keep up the great work !! Our world depends on stuff like this!!!! Drank some BamNut milk and got me interested in all this 👏

  • @ianepicearth
    @ianepicearth ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, that Motherland Okra is amazing- i'd LOVE some seeds! Another great, informative video folks!

  • @LGnLA
    @LGnLA ปีที่แล้ว

  • @branchingtraditions9220
    @branchingtraditions9220 ปีที่แล้ว

    Will be attempting to grow a day neutral variety in NC to diversify our annual cover crops.

  • @caroldurusau2866
    @caroldurusau2866 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where can you get those bags?

  • @rawmilkmike
    @rawmilkmike ปีที่แล้ว

    I love gardening. I like saving seeds. I would like to be able to grow the corn I ate as a child. It has not been available in the store all of my adult life. I'm 68 now. So that's fifty years of these super sweet tasteless hybrids. I do take issue with people calling any plant a food. Yes, we can eat them, but we can't live on them. For our ancestors, they could have been useful in the fall to put on fat for the winter. But humans don't need to eat plants, and we are much healthier when we don't. It's companies like Kellogg's and Coca-Cola who push this ridiculous plant based diet narrative. A vegan diet wasn't even possible fifty years ago. And it's still extremely unhealthy. A vegetarian diet is possible as long as you find some animal source to get your vitamins and minerals. A person can live on beef or fish or dairy. We can't live on beans and rice. The most sustainable food on Earth is probably beef or lamb. We can live on goats and chicken. Or fish if you're near a good water source. But we need grazing animals to sustain the planet. Without sufficient grazing animals, we are turning the planet into a desert. And if you're worried about carbon, cows are the answer. Almonds are contributing to the drought in California. The transportation of exotic fruits and vegetables uses fossil fuels. Beef and dairy can be produced anywhere and within close proximity to the population. Most of the planet can only sustain animal agriculture.

  • @OffGridInvestor
    @OffGridInvestor ปีที่แล้ว

    I got a vacuum cleaner about 10 years ago for AU$100 that had a slide knob on the top that changed the engine speed hence changing the suction level. In this scenario you would save power instead of just having a flap at the back.

  • @annwurden1126
    @annwurden1126 ปีที่แล้ว

    So fun! Sharing with our garden group. Keep up the important work!

  • @CW-nk2vd
    @CW-nk2vd ปีที่แล้ว

    To whom it may concern: I am a community gardening volunteer in Dayton, Ohio, and I started an Urban Vegetable Farm on North Main Street in 2015. Would like to purchase some of your seeds. I am interested in getting some heirloom seeds (particularly Yard-long Beans, Mustard Greens, Collard Greens, Tomatoes, Peppers, Cucumbers, Corn, Sweet Potato Slips, etc.). Respectfully, Curtis Watson

    • @UtopianSeedProject
      @UtopianSeedProject ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey Curtis, we don't sell seeds, but Southern Exposure Seed Exchange (Ira Wallace's organization) does. You can easily find them online.

    • @CW-nk2vd
      @CW-nk2vd ปีที่แล้ว

      @@UtopianSeedProject Thanks you for your feedback information.

  • @sillyyetsuccinct
    @sillyyetsuccinct ปีที่แล้ว

    What a lovely new series!

  • @star_pear9433
    @star_pear9433 ปีที่แล้ว

    I came from your tik tok and love to see the longer videos!!!

  • @lazyandineptprdtions
    @lazyandineptprdtions ปีที่แล้ว

    I love okra! It's so easy to save seeds from okra - everyone should be doing it.

  • @FrannysFarm
    @FrannysFarm ปีที่แล้ว

    I love love love this

  • @barbarakrecic
    @barbarakrecic ปีที่แล้ว

    THANK YOU! Neighbor gave me the plant. It was native to his home in China. I only knew it was called Buddah's Paw and had no idea really what it was until now. How lucky am I? He told me to put the fruit in a brown paper bag and keep it until next spring. It feeds itself and starts to vine. He said keep it in the bag or it will be hard to control. Can't wait!

  • @geraldinenewton1627
    @geraldinenewton1627 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I participated in the 2021 ultracross project. I grew the collards in August of 2021 and had an abundance for Thanksgivings and also for Christmas. They came back in the spring of 2022. Each time they were so delicious. I lost them to beetles in the summer of this year but plan to purchase them for 2023. Thanks for a great mixture of collards. I loved the purple collards best. Just wish I knew the name of each collard. Thank you for some delicious greens! 😀😀

    • @UtopianSeedProject
      @UtopianSeedProject 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Every plant is unique - you could name them all!

  • @williamwilliams7706
    @williamwilliams7706 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Emily is a great helper. Watched a few of these DIY winnower videos now and yours is the best.

  • @kilejo4779
    @kilejo4779 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What's the address to buy some to plant? Is it too late to plant in July in North Carolina?

    • @UtopianSeedProject
      @UtopianSeedProject 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Truelove Seeds sells Bambara beans but it's too late to pant in NC - get an early start next year!

  • @jrscott5827
    @jrscott5827 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    SHALOM EXCELLENT WORK..

  • @jrscott5827
    @jrscott5827 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    shalom THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK..I ALSO SAVE SEED.IN ITHACA NY..ZONE 5..IM PUTTING A SEED PACKET TOGETHER FOR FREEDOM GEORGIA..A NEW DEVELOPMENT YOUR WORK IS SO IMPORTANT..I DID NOT FOR GET ..IN BISHOPSVILLE MARYLAND ..SEED SAVER WHO PASSED AWAY..CANT REMEMBER HIS NAME HE GREW SEED FOR DEEP SEED DIVERSITY...BACK IN THE EARLY 90S..OK ILL LET YOU GO FOR NOW I WILL FIND HIS NAME.SHALOM

  • @JuanLopez-li2hi
    @JuanLopez-li2hi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi can tell me where can I get this seed cleaner do you sell it?

    • @UtopianSeedProject
      @UtopianSeedProject 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is an open-source design to build one! www.realseeds.co.uk/seedcleaner.html

    • @OffGridInvestor
      @OffGridInvestor ปีที่แล้ว

      It's very easy to make yourself. The other version is a fan and a bit of metal like a half tube that the fan sits slightly inside. The tube is on an angle of about 30 degrees and the junk blows out the top end and the bottom end you have a bucket under and get your good seed in.

  • @GeorgeBrabant
    @GeorgeBrabant 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Emily put a big smile on my face. I love it. Lets talk pro's/con's of this(like adding a chaff chamber...)

  • @jerryjackson9481
    @jerryjackson9481 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I planted the Ultracross blend alongside 3 other collard types, one of which was Alabama Blue. We had a lot of blue and purple along with greens. We live in northern Alabama and our coldest temperature dips were in the high teens, and those were brief. We also saw wild swings in temperatures during short time spans. I will concentrate my seed saving on the blues and purples. As far as cooking, I have combined ideas from several recipes in Deborah Madison's vegetarian cookbook. I cook diced onion and garlic in ghee in a heavy braising pan. Meanwhile, I blanch the chiffonaded collards in boiling water for 10 minutes. The collards are added to the onion/garlic pan along with 1/2 cup of the blanching water. I add salt along with a sprinkling of paprika and cumin, then cover and cook at fairly low temperature for around 30 minutes more. They are incredibly tender and delicious, now our favorite green. Apparently collards are used in Indian cuisine, which is I think the basis of this recipe idea. I like Ira's idea of using a broth in place of the cooking water.

  • @bonnettaadeeb8242
    @bonnettaadeeb8242 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there one that leans a bit pink?

  • @bonnettaadeeb8242
    @bonnettaadeeb8242 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    We cook them West African style with peanut, ground nut. or egusi Adding dried seafood takes it to another level.

  • @gideonoji4013
    @gideonoji4013 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What weather conditions are best for growing bambara in America? Bambara pudding is my favorite food ever

  • @neipeixoto1
    @neipeixoto1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am Nei Peixoto, From Brazil, Sowth America. Can you tell me where can I to buy a mixed sample of mambara bean to test here? It seem to be interesting.

    • @UtopianSeedProject
      @UtopianSeedProject 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mine came from the USDA germplasm - I believe they accept international requests.

    • @neipeixoto1
      @neipeixoto1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@UtopianSeedProject Thank you. I will to contact with them.

  • @lannadelarosa
    @lannadelarosa 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you show the cross pollination process? If one wants to purposefully cross two okra varieties together?

    • @UtopianSeedProject
      @UtopianSeedProject 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I recorded this process last year and will put a video together about it ASAP.