Seeds of Change was born in 1989 with a revolutionary mission: To make organically grown seeds available to gardeners and farmers, while preserving countless heirloom seed varieties in danger of being lost to the "advances" of modern industrial agriculture. Our Research Farm Each year at the Seeds of Change Research Farm and Gardens we grow over a thousand varieties of plants. In close collaboration with our extensive network of certified organic seed growers and plant breeders, we cultivate, study, refine, and expand the broad genetic diversity that we offer. This work furthers our goal of supplying gardeners and market growers with a diverse and fascinating selection of the truest, most vigorous lines of 100% organic, open-pollinated seeds. We also test the tools and other gardening products we offer. Furthermore, we experiment with various organic methods like different ways to compost, water, and cover crop. We do this to further our knowledge base that we seek to share through our electronic newsletter, garden tours, publications, lectures, and this website. If you'd like to visit our research farm, click here for details on our yearly farm tours. Natural Next Step: Seeds to Foods A few million seed packets later, as we walked our fields sampling the rich and varied flavors from around the globe, we decided to take the natural next step: creating our own certified organic foods. We're as passionate about great-tasting food as we are about organic farming, so we use only the freshest, select, organically grown vegetables and herbs. Premium Ingredients for Exceptional Flavor We put our hearts and minds into crafting a range of recipes that use only the world's most flavorsome ingredients. And we use only the minimum number of those premium ingredients so that each ingredient's genuine flavor emerges purely and distinctly to your taste as it does to ours when we're out in the fields. A Symbol of Our Inspiration and Dedication The Seeds of Change mandala, known as The Seed of Life, was inspired by a planting stick from a Nepalese farmer. It was carved into the top of his staff, which he used to displace the dirt before dropping the seed into the soil. The mandala is an ancient symbol of abundance and life, that in modern times can speak to biodiversity and sustainable agricultural practices.