Skirret with Cicada Seeds

About this episode

This episode features an interview with Michalina Hunter discussing Skirret and her work with perennial vegetable seeds.

This week I'm talking with Michalina Hunter of Cicada Seeds about Skirret (Sium sisarum) . Skirret is a perennial root vegetable in a Apiaceae family that produces clumps of Parsnip like roots. Michalina is a full time grower of perennial vegetable seeds and describes some of her breeding work with Skirret as well as a few other perennials that she grows. You can follow Cicada Seeds on Instagram and Facebook to keep up with her work. If you want to support this podcast, you can tell a friend to check it out, subscribe/rate/review on your favorite podcast platforms and/or join the Patreon . You can also submit questions or listener audio! Cover image used by permission of Cicada Seeds

People in this episode

Host: Propaganda By The Seed

Guest: Michalina Hunter

Topics covered

• perennial vegetables
• Skirret
• breeding work
• Cicada Seeds
• root vegetables

Keywords

• Skirret
• Cicada Seeds
• perennial vegetables
• root vegetable
• breeding

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cicada Seeds

Products: Skirret

Books & works: Sium sisarum

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