The purpose of the Northeast Participatory Seed Catalog is to make open-pollinated, genetically diverse, and regionally adapted fruit, vegetable, and flower seeds available to growers of all types in the northeastern US [initial emphasis on eastern Massachusetts].
Our mission, as a land care company curating and supporting a seed catalog, is to integrate interesting and unique seeds into our landcare practices; perpetuate the culture and activities of high quality seed production and saving activities amongst farmers and gardeners in the northeastern US; and to model participatory production practices that financially benefit the grower and distributor equally.
Our activities in this effort will be:
Distributing locally/regionally grown seed to producers and consumers.
Capturing and sharing the stories of the varieties in the catalog through social media and on our website.
Integrating regionally adapted and grown seeds into our landcare practice, and supporting other landcare professionals to do the same.
Supporting seed producers through contracts and a 50/50 grower-seller/distributor split of gross revenue.
Building our organization’s network of seed producers and growers based on reciprocity and camaraderie.
We believe these activities will help us achieve our vision of a robust and dynamic regional seed catalog that entices and engages growers of all types to purchase from and submit to its offerings.
