Native Seed Restoration, with Patrick Reynolds

About this episode

The episode discusses native seed restoration efforts in California with Patrick Reynolds from Heritage Growers.

Native seed restoration is an ongoing project meant to scale up the collection, cultivation, and distribution of native plant seeds to meet California’s goal of conserving 30% of its land by 2030 and help ecosystems become more resilient to climate change. This week, we spoke with Mr. Pat Reynolds, Heritage Grower’s General Manager, about Heritage Growers, a non-profit that aims to reproduce native plants through farming. For a transcript, please visit https://climatebreak.org/native-seed-restoration-with-patrick-reynolds/

People in this episode

Guest: Patrick Reynolds

Topics covered

• native seed restoration
• climate change
• ecosystem resilience
• conservation
• agriculture

Keywords

• native plants
• seed collection
• cultivation
• distribution
• conservation goals

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Heritage Growers

Places: California

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