Our vision for the future includes seed banking. You may have heard of the Svalbard Seed Vault or the USDA seed vault in Colorado. What about protection for seeds that are important to gardeners here in Central Texas? We just need a freezer and a small farm here in Austin. CTSS farmers would grow special varieties that are well-adapted to Central Texas and protect them from hybridization. Seeds grown on the farm will be distributed in the community and a portion of the seeds will also be put into our freezer. We would keep a database of information about each seed to track their age, location and viability.
We need volunteers to serve on our Texas Heritage Farm Working Group in community building and information collecting. The time commitment is about 6 hours per month.