TY - JOUR T1 - Regional native seed cooperatives: working toward available, affordable, and appropriate native seed JF - Native Plants Journal JO - NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL SP - 126 LP - 134 DO - 10.3368/npj.18.2.126 VL - 18 IS - 2 AU - Sierra Smith Y1 - 2017/06/20 UR - http://npj.uwpress.org/content/18/2/126.abstract N2 - 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. ER -