PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Smith, Sierra
TI  - Regional native seed cooperatives: working toward available, affordable, and appropriate native seed
AID  - 10.3368/npj.18.2.126
DP  - 2017 Jun 20
TA  - Native Plants Journal
PG  - 126--134
VI  - 18
IP  - 2
4099  - http://npj.uwpress.org/content/18/2/126.short
4100  - http://npj.uwpress.org/content/18/2/126.full
SO  - NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL2017 Jun 20; 18
AB  - Regional native seed cooperatives are emerging as a tool to vastly improve the availability of genetically appropriate native seed. Within a cooperative, practical and ecological requirements for native seed are balanced by bringing users and producers together to jointly develop genetic protocols. Regional native seed cooperatives promote a novel agricultural niche that requires the development of new farms, infrastructure, and techniques. The South Sound Prairies partnership has a successful cooperative that is used here as a case study to explore this model of seed production.