Creating a Seed Farmer Community with Edmund Frost
About this episode
Edmund Frost discusses his work in creating a community of seed growers and breeders in the humid southeast USA.
Edmund Frost founded a collective of seed growers and breeders who sell their selection of seeds suitable for the humid southeast USA as Common Wealth Seed Growers. He lives in Louisa County, Virginia, a center for the intentional communities movement, and spent many years living at Twin Oaks Community. He is passionate about breeding cucurbits for disease resistance, along with many other crops. Read more about the Common Wealth Seed Growers: https://commonwealthseeds.com Sign up to Recombination Nation on Substack for free weekly articles: https://recombinationnation.substack.com Read Shane's book, Taming the Apocalypse, about the future of post industrial biological technology: https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/
People in this episode
Host: Shane Simonsen
Guest: Edmund Frost
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Common Wealth Seed Growers, Twin Oaks Community
Books & works: Taming the Apocalypse
Places: Louisa County, Virginia
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