RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Regional native seed cooperatives: working toward available, affordable, and appropriate native seed
JF Native Plants Journal
JO NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 126
OP 134
DO 10.3368/npj.18.2.126
VO 18
IS 2
A1 Sierra Smith
YR 2017
UL http://npj.uwpress.org/content/18/2/126.abstract
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.