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Who saves seed now, who sells it, and why a handful of small growers are rebuilding a library the size of a shed.
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§ 02What's inside
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The Long Field
A weekly letter on food, land and the people who work it.
The quiet economy of seed
Who saves seed now, who sells it, and why a handful of growers are rebuilding a library the size of a shed.
§ 04From the writers
I moved four thousand readers in an afternoon. My first paid member signed up before dinner, and I haven't thought about the plumbing since.
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§ 06Moving house
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