Ep. 3: Ira Wallace and Southern Exposure Seed Exchange

In this third episode, Ira Wallace from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange talks about her faves: collards and roselle. She also describes her life growing up, her work with southern and African Diasporic seeds and stories, and takes questions from Truelove Seeds apprentices (and adoring fans) Amirah Mitchell and Chris Keeve and from a visitor named Mimi.

 

SEED STORIES TOLD IN THIS EPISODE:

• Collards
• Roselle

 

MORE INFO FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Ira Wallace: Writer, Seed Saver, Educator
• Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
• Grow Great Vegetables in Virginia, by Ira Wallace
• Collards: A Southern Tradition from Seed to Table, by Edward H. Davis and John T. Morgan
• Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land, by Leah Penniman
• Black Urban Growers Conference

 

ABOUT:

Seeds And Their People is a radio show where we feature seed stories told by the people who truly love them. Hosted by Owen Taylor of Truelove Seeds and Chris Bolden-Newsome of Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram’s Garden.

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THANKS TO:

• Ira Wallace and Gordon Sproule
• Sara Taylor
• Julia Aguilar, Althea Baird, Chris Keeve, Amirah Mitchell, and Zoe Jeka of Truelove Seeds
• Mimi Puga
• The voices of the youth and other staff of Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram's Garden