Seed Savers Exchange , or SSE , is a non-profit organization based near Decorah, Iowa , that preserves heirloom plant varieties through regeneration, distribution and seed exchange. It is one of the largest nongovernmental seedbanks in the United States. The mission of SSE is to preserve the world’s diverse but endangered garden heritage for future generations by building a network of people committed to collecting, conserving, and sharing heirloom seeds and plants, and educating people about the value of genetic and cultural diversity. Since 1975, Seed Savers has produced an annual yearbook of members’ seed offerings, as well as multiple editions of The Garden Seed Inventory , and The Fruit, Nut and Berry Inventory . SSE also publishes Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners . The nonprofit has sold seeds to about 600 retail stores in the United States and Canada.
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84-434: A central collection. It has its own underground seed vault held at below-freezing temperatures. Heritage Farm keeps a historical record of each variety it maintains. A herd of White Park Cattle as well as 900 apple tree varieties are also maintained on the farm. Heritage Farm holds a visitors' center that offers events and classes. In December 2007, Seed Savers Exchange made an inaugural deposit of nearly 500 varieties to
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126-447: A device used by submarines Sum of squared estimate of errors, in statistics; see Residual sum of squares Shoreham-by-Sea railway station , Sussex, England (station code: SSE) See also [ edit ] Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title SSE . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
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189-596: A list of members' seeds annually in the Seed Savers Yearbook , complete with a description of the crop and its known history. It is headquartered at the 890-acre (3.6 km ) Heritage Farm, located six miles from Decorah, Iowa . Heritage Farm was originally purchased in 1986. A certified organic farm, Heritage is called the "most diverse farm in the world" by ethnobotanist Gary Paul Nabhan . At Heritage Farm, more than 25,000 rare fruit, vegetable, and plant varieties are regenerated, refrigerated and preserved in
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294-922: The University of California, Irvine Seed Savers Exchange , a seedbank Seven Seas Entertainment , a North American publisher of Japanese manga Society for Scientific Exploration , in fringe science Society for the Study of Evolution , in science, a professional organization of evolutionary biologists Southern Star Endemol , an Australian television company Stockholm School of Economics , one of Northern Europe's leading business schools Stredoslovenská energetika , an energy company in Slovakia Symbiosis School of Economics , an Economics college in India Other [ edit ] Scarborough Subway Extension , an extension of Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of
315-699: The University of California, Irvine Seed Savers Exchange , a seedbank Seven Seas Entertainment , a North American publisher of Japanese manga Society for Scientific Exploration , in fringe science Society for the Study of Evolution , in science, a professional organization of evolutionary biologists Southern Star Endemol , an Australian television company Stockholm School of Economics , one of Northern Europe's leading business schools Stredoslovenská energetika , an energy company in Slovakia Symbiosis School of Economics , an Economics college in India Other [ edit ] Scarborough Subway Extension , an extension of Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of
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399-641: The remastered version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Spaceship Earth (Epcot) , an attraction and icon at Epcot, located in the Walt Disney World Resort Sins of a Solar Empire , a video game created by Ironclad Games Subspace Emissary , the main story of the game Super Smash Brothers Brawl Three venues in the UK: SSE Arena, Belfast The SSE Arena, Wembley , London SSE Hydro , Glasgow Language [ edit ] Scottish Standard English , or Standard Scottish English,
420-513: The remastered version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Spaceship Earth (Epcot) , an attraction and icon at Epcot, located in the Walt Disney World Resort Sins of a Solar Empire , a video game created by Ironclad Games Subspace Emissary , the main story of the game Super Smash Brothers Brawl Three venues in the UK: SSE Arena, Belfast The SSE Arena, Wembley , London SSE Hydro , Glasgow Language [ edit ] Scottish Standard English , or Standard Scottish English,
441-510: The seeds of two heirloom plants (a German tomato and a morning glory vine) that her great-grandfather had brought to the U.S. from Bavaria in 1870. The organization hosted its first seed swap the same year of its founding among thirty gardeners on a six-paged list of seeds. SSE began a commercial seed catalog in 2000. Today, it has more than 13,000 members worldwide, passing on more than one million seed samples and distributing over 20,000 varieties of endangered seeds. The SSE publishes
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